The Fugitive (1963) s03e27 Episode Script
The 2130
What's the matter? Cops.
Squads of them.
Just, uh, waiting.
You tell them you were alone.
Nothing about me.
You understand? Nothing about my book and nothing about me.
Okay.
Narrator: Starring david janssen as dr.
Richard kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice, Falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, Reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him En route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, To change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man He saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit Of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
Announcer: The guest star in tonight's story: Melvyn douglas, Also starring barry morse as lieutenant philip gerard.
Announcer: Yes? Woman: Jack, it's laurie.
I've got to talk to you.
Jack, you've got to help me.
What's wrong? It's the car.
Another fender.
Laurie, it's 1:00 in the morning.
Come on, we'll talk about it tomorrow.
I know it's late.
I- I- I didn't realize it.
It's- it's not really a bad dent.
Would you tell dad that you did it? Would I tell him what? Look, he's gonna kill me if he finds out.
You remember how mad he got the last time.
He said he wouldn't let me drive the car for a year.
Laurie, if I take the blame for you, I'm not helping you.
Oh, it's too soon after the last time.
He's gonna be furious.
Please, jack.
Laurie Look, I know what I'm asking you is wrong.
But there are a lot of things wrong between dad and me.
They're not all his fault, either.
Help me once, just this one time, please.
I don't want him to hate me.
Jack, I promise it'll never happen again.
Let's look at the car.
I appreciate your honesty, jack.
I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out.
I'd like to pay for the repair, sir.
Oh, forget it.
I'll be leaving in about 10 minutes.
Will you bring the car out front, please? Yes, sir.
Morning.
Good morning.
Who drives the little car? Miss ryder.
The doctor's daughter? That's right.
Was she driving it last night? I don't know.
Is she here now? No, she just left for school.
The right front fender has a dent.
Hm.
Doctor home? Yes, sir.
Is there something wrong? Well, hit-and-run.
A man's in the hospital And it looks like that car put him there.
Thank you.
We'd like to see dr.
Ryder, please.
Narrator: If you are richard kimble, You lead a complicated life.
However, certain decisions are simple: When the police start getting involved, You don't wait around to see what happens.
That's right.
He left the car at the gas station.
The one just beyond the three point.
Yes, about 12:30.
Oh, and sergeant, if you want to question the attendant, He's at the gas station now.
His name is ernest robely.
You're welcome, sergeant.
Hi, dad.
Run along, honey.
Was that the police? Was there something wrong with the car? Not with the car.
With jack davis.
What happened to him? Nothing, yet.
He took the sports car last night And almost killed a man with it.
What? Had the gall to tell me that he dented the fender In the parking lot.
How do you know he hit somebody with it? Witnesses.
Someone saw it happen.
Got enough of the license plate To report it to the police.
Where is he now? He's running.
Left the car in the gas station- Hello.
Yes.
Kimble? No.
No, I don't- Oh, wait a minute.
A dr.
Richard kimble? Yes.
Yes, of course I remember him.
Yes, I see.
Laurie, do you know who our chauffeur was? He was a murderer.
A wife killer.
Jack? He was found guilty and sentenced.
Then he escaped.
Can you imagine that? Right under my own roof.
Well, it's my own fault.
I should have checked his references.
How do you know that he's this doctor? Fingerprints all over his room.
Hm.
A doctor.
He was supposed to be dedicated to saving lives.
Do you realize that's been two, Almost three years since he got away? All that time running around loose.
The police haven't been able to track him down.
Yes, of course.
Of course.
Of course.
Operator.
Uh, this is dr.
Mark ryder.
I want to place a call to the state attorney general.
Thank you, I'll wait.
Like it was made for you.
How much do I owe you? Ten bucks.
Uh, how about this? Just what I need.
A chauffeur's uniform.
I must have gotten 10 calls for one yesterday.
The only thing I need worse is a suit of armor, Size 38 short.
I haven't got You got 7? Yes.
Okay.
Maybe I can find some tall kid who'll buy it for Halloween.
Lieutenant gerard.
I'm dr.
Ryder.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Glad you could come.
That's quite all right.
You brought the kimble files with you? I usually follow my orders.
I'm sorry if I'm a bit edgy, But I'm usually not used to this cloak-and-dagger business.
What do you mean? My instructions Were to come to denver And hand the kimble files over to you.
That was all.
I think I can unravel the mystery for you.
Here, let me take one of these.
We can get started right away.
Uh, excuse me, doctor.
Get started on what? Well, catching kimble, of course.
Impressive, isn't it? I'm sorry about the night work, lieutenant, But these machines are in constant use during the day And I have a pretty full schedule myself.
I'm sorry you were kept in the dark, But apparently the attorney general felt That the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
You really expect to catch richard kimble With this electronic brain? It's not a brain, lieutenant, it's a computer.
A digital computer known as the 2130.
It doesn't think.
It computes.
I've been using this and machines like it For several years now in medical research.
We've had some remarkable results.
I'm sure you have, doctor, But have you ever tried to compute The whereabouts of an escaped criminal? No, but we'll find richard kimble, lieutenant.
Now, the first thing we must do Is try to establish a pattern.
He has no pattern.
If he had, we'd have caught him long ago.
We all have patterns, lieutenant, Whether we realize it or not.
And a man who's been a fugitive for several years Is likely to have a very definite one.
Doctor, I assume this project may take, uh, several days, A week, maybe longer.
Perhaps.
So before we start, It's only right that I should tell you How I feel about it.
You don't think it'll work.
That's right.
But nothing else has worked either, has it? So why not approach it with an open mind? So on the basis of a slight lack of confidence in each other, Let's begin at the beginning.
Now, then, where and when did kimble first escape you? You all right? Yeah, thank you.
They're nice kids.
Yeah.
Why don't you come back And have a cup of coffee with us? Okay, I'd like it.
Millie, looks to me like this man could use a cup of coffee.
Sit down.
All right.
Our name is oates.
I'm tim.
My wife millie.
Alan, bonnie and charlie.
Do you get it? Get what? Alan, bonnie and charlie.
A, b, c.
Next one's douglas or debbie, depending on what it is.
I got a bet with my wife we can get up to william.
Oh, tim.
Piece of toast, mister? Thank you, alan.
Uh, my name's grant.
Bob grant.
Headed anyplace in particular, mr.
Grant? Uh, california.
There's a lot of work out there this time of year.
That's where we're heading.
Why don't you come with us? Millie, mix this man up some eggs.
Some people like to travel alone, tim.
Tim: Well, the man's hungry, probably broke.
He don't wanna travel alone.
We got children to think about.
We don't know this man.
Well, he don't know us, either.
Uh, you're right, mrs.
Oates.
I appreciate the hospitality.
I'll be going.
Millie: Just a minute.
Can you drive? Yes, I can drive.
Fine.
We'll make twice as much time.
Millie never did learn how.
And probably just as well.
You know women drivers.
Month of August.
What was that date again? Um, the 29th.
August 29, Southern idaho, Large dairy farm.
For how long? Six weeks.
Somebody recognized him from a wanted poster.
He was actually, uh, caught and held prisoner for a while.
Not relevant.
I don't want to know if he was caught or recognized.
I'm trying to establish a geographical pattern.
Dates, location, employment, means of transportation.
Everything since he escaped.
Now, where'd he show up next? He was seen in a town called drain, Near the oregon coast, September 19th.
Been driving a log truck and left town on a freight.
I've programmed all of the material And the technician is now encoding it Onto these punch cards.
Then we use the cards to feed the data into the system.
Ryder: This is the card sorter.
It arranges the cards according to their various codes, At the rate of 800 cards a minute, And stores all the information on tape.
The data on each single card Takes up about one-eighth of an inch of tape.
Now the computer knows as much about kimble as you do.
Statistically, at least.
Excuse me.
Encode this, please.
Now, I'm going to ask the computer To examine all of the material that is stored, To see if there's a pattern to kimble's movement by seasons.
Thank you.
Oh, I didn't think there'd be a pattern.
That's always been our biggest problem with him.
There must be a pattern.
Either I've made a mistake in the programming, Or some of your information was wrong.
You and I and the 2130 are all blameless, doctor.
Kimble is simply not a predictable man.
Lieutenant, all behavior pattern is instinctual In man as well as in the lower animals unless- Unless there are certain outside stimuli.
Actually, as I think back over your records, The only thing that seems to have influenced kimble Is pursuit.
But we didn't program those moves Or the times when he's contacted his family.
You said they'd be outside any pattern.
Hm.
Yes, but were there any others? I mean do you know of any other reasons Why kimble should have moved from place to place Except for the obvious ones Of earning a living or running from the law? There's the one-armed man.
The one-armed man? Oh, yes, I remember.
He said- Kimble claimed to have seen such a man Near the house on the night of the murder.
Of course, he may exist only in kimble's mind.
But that's all that matters, lieutenant.
Now, then, when we go through kimble's records again, We'll make sure to leave out All of the movements except those which were motivated By his trying to locate a one-armed man.
Gerard: "pattern definite, 90 percent.
"December, January, February, warm climate, "west coast or southeastern.
"employment harvesting and other similar.
"marked tendency larger employment groups.
"March, April, may, June, "central and midwestern states.
"employment: Wheat, corn, barley, rye.
"forty percent fieldwork, There's your pattern.
Right or wrong, it's a little hard to believe.
You'll get used to it.
All right.
It's winter so according to this, He's either going west or southeast.
Which involves eight or 10 states.
Now, you and I dig up statistics on those states Where the greatest amount Of non-union employment can be found.
I'll program that into the 2130 Which already knows the type of jobs That kimble has held during previous winters, And then you can ask for probabilities.
Probabilities? How many? We can start with six.
Six.
Water, mr.
Grant? Thanks, alan.
You're pretty good at this, bob.
You got quick hands.
So have you, when it comes to eating those things.
Oh, I'm a growing boy.
I'll fill the canteen, mom.
Okay.
Good boy.
And check on the kids and see what kind of trouble they're in.
Okay.
You got a nice family, tim.
Thanks.
About all I do have.
That's enough.
Kimble.
Kimble.
No, I don't remember the name from any of my crews.
Of course, I don't know, maybe he is and maybe he ain't.
I can't remember the face of every picker I got.
I mean, there's may be 80, 90 out in the grove right now.
Well, I'll leave you one of these posters To circulate around.
Thanks a lot, mr.
Richardson.
Yeah, sure thing.
You guys load that over in the back, will you? Well, we got a choice.
We can spend the rest of the daylight hours Looking over the pickers here Or we can drive down the line to cramer's.
Officer 2: I don't know.
It's gonna be a long day Either way you look at it.
Hey, bonnie, lookit.
They got a picture of our friend, mr.
Grant.
What? Officer 1: Who did you say he was, son? Charlie: That's our friend mr.
Grant.
Officer 1: Where is he now? Bonnie: Out there with our folks, working.
Officer 2: That's just fine.
We're friends of his too.
Why don't you come along And point out your folks to us, huh? Charlie: Sure, right there.
Officer 2: You too, bonnie.
Is he down here? Yeah.
Mr.
Grant.
Mr.
Grant.
Mr.
Grant.
Deputies, two of them.
They got your picture.
They're coming after you.
Thanks, alan.
Pa, I don't know why, But I just had to warn him.
Was it right? I don't know, son.
I would have done the same thing, I guess.
Hello.
Yes, yes, lieutenant.
No question about it.
It was kimble, all right.
They're sure? Half a dozen people identified him from the photograph.
And he still escaped.
The problem is we were trying to cover Too many of your probabilities.
If we'd have narrowed it down, We'd have had enough manpower to get him.
Well, if you want it narrowed down, You'll have to get me more information.
The machine can only compute the data that you feed into it.
I'll give you all the information you want, doctor.
I'll see you down there in about half an hour.
Man: Hey.
Would you mind closing the door, please? Thank you.
Hi.
Hello.
My name is homer.
Jack.
Hi.
Are you a writer? Yeah.
Yes, I am.
Seventeen months' worth of notes there.
That's enough for the odyssey.
That's very good.
You're on the run, aren't you? Join the club.
Here.
along came the ffv the swiftest on the line running o'er the c & o road just 20 minutes behind running into sou'ville headquarters for the line receiving their strict orders from a station just behind Dr.
Ryder? Yes.
My name's doug bassett, doctor.
I'm a reporter for the chronicle.
I'd like to ask you about this wire service story On richard kimble.
They almost nailed him someplace in california.
Well, that's very interesting.
Yes, it is, When you consider that he was your chauffeur Until a few days ago.
Well, that's hardly a secret.
No, sir.
Neither is this wire story.
But your recent night activities are.
And so is the fact that lieutenant gerard, From stafford, indiana, Kimble's hometown, Has been with you every night in the data processing center.
What are you getting at mr.
, uh-? Bassett.
I'm getting at a story, doctor.
I'd like you to tell me what you and that detective are up to.
Or I could make an educated guess.
In print.
Mr.
Bassett, if you do that, You'll destroy everything that we're trying to accomplish.
I'm sure you don't want to do that.
I want a story, doctor.
That's all.
And you'll have it.
You'll have it exclusively when it's time.
You have my word on it.
All right, doctor.
Here's my card.
You have a deal.
Right.
I must say, lieutenant, he has an impressive record And your materials are very comprehensive.
Yes, but it'll be useless until we get some idea where he went.
We'll find out in just a minute.
Of course, there were a lot of ways he could have escaped.
That's why we've eliminated everything from the programming, Except those instances Where there was evidence of immediate pursuit.
He probably has a pattern for that too.
I don't think he'd risk public transportation.
Hitchhiking is too exposed.
He knows he was almost caught this morning.
Well, my guess is that he'd get on a fast freight.
And there were two of them through there.
Uh, to salt lake city and portland, oregon.
Let's see how you stack up Against the computer, lieutenant.
Well, lieutenant, you seem to have computer blood.
Perhaps you'd better notify the police In salt lake city and in portland.
Good morning.
Good morning.
You feel better now? Not really.
Have any idea where we're headed? No, thanks.
Oregon.
We'll be in portland in a few minutes.
Hey, uh, you want to hear what I wrote about you last night? Okay.
"one gets used to these one-name companions after a while.
"this one is another jack.
"not typical, though.
"intelligent, well-read, "calluses on his hands, but they aren't worker's hands.
"not talkative, either.
"advertising executive, maybe.
"living beyond his means.
Nagging wife, "spoiled kids, running away from it all.
"could be a killer too.
"shot his mistress after finding her with somebody else.
"no, not the type.
"more likely an embezzler.
"ran off with a load of company funds, "got a job somewhere under a phony name.
Somebody recognized him, so he's on the run again.
" That's stream-of-consciousness stuff.
I do it all the time.
Did I come close anywhere? I'm afraid I'm not gonna fit into your saga.
Sure you will.
Everybody does.
Hey, I know a place just outside of town Where, uh, we can get a couple of free meals Just for splitting some logs.
You gotta be careful not to cut off your fingers, though, okay? Sure, why not.
What's the matter? Cops.
Squads of them.
Just, uh, waiting.
You tell them you were alone.
Nothing about me.
You understand? Nothing about my book and nothing about me.
Okay.
He's finished.
That's not kimble.
No.
I'll tell you who it is though.
It's macklin.
Marty macklin.
You mean the kid who shot those two guards from salem? And that prison guard in seattle.
You got that flyer on kimble? Yeah.
Did you want to see me, dad? Yes, laurie.
Laurie, these are the complete files on richard kimble.
I've been over and over them.
School records, army history, medical career.
Every single detail.
And you know, it's an amazing thing, laurie.
Except for that one moment of violence And what he did to us, He seems to be a decent human being.
A good man and a good doctor.
Don't you think that's strange, laurie? What did you want to see me about, dad? I thought maybe you wanted to see me about something.
Laurie, don't you think it's strange He told me about the car, Considering that he'd run down somebody? Well, maybe he thought that you'd find out anyway.
And that's all you have to say? Well, what do you mean? Do you think that I-? I mean I think I'd be sick If I'd been hounding an innocent man.
But his wife.
Didn't he kill his wife? I don't know.
I'm not sure about anything.
Are you, laurie? I tried to tell you before, but- Oh, anyhow- I had the car.
It was late and I'd had some beer And this- This man, he- he just stumbled right into the street, Right in front of me.
It wasn't my fault! I was scared.
That's why I asked jack to say he put the dent in the fender.
I- I didn't even tell him about the man.
But, laurie, if it wasn't your fault, The police probably- I wasn't afraid of the police.
I was afraid of you.
I- I kept in touch with the hospital, dad.
The man's out of danger now.
I'm sorry, laurie.
Forgive me.
Do you have to keep after him? I'm afraid it doesn't matter what I do Anymore.
Gerard knows about 2130.
Anyone can program it for him.
Isn't there anything you can do? Maybe.
Yes, maybe there is.
Maybe there's something I can do about a great many things.
Hm.
Yes, yes, I'd like to talk to one of your reporters.
A man named bassett.
I'd just like to know how he got ahold of that.
He must be a good reporter.
He must also be psychic.
Only four or five people know exactly what we're doing here.
I'd say you can begin adjusting that figure upwards.
And if kimble sees this- Then we can all go home.
If he knows he's being computed, He'll begin to change his pattern immediately.
Well, we'll just have to act on the assumption That he doesn't know.
Yet.
Lieutenant, I've conducted an experiment Which I'd like to show you.
Experiment? Yes.
If it has something to do with kimble, I'm interested.
It has.
We have access to thousands of medical And psychiatric case histories, Including over 100,000 convicted criminals.
I had those histories fed into the 2130 Along with the complete profile of richard kimble.
And I mean complete.
And then I asked for the probabilities Of his being able to commit murder Under any circumstances.
"subject capability of committing murder: No comment, lieutenant? Just one: The remaining 2 percent is enough for me.
Shall we get to work? Ryder: Flood control in portland.
Evidently this time he didn't run.
Uh, he's been in portland before.
Knows his way around.
Probably feels more secure.
Also, there'd be more job opportunities there.
Well, there are your probables.
Uh, you programmed all that additional employment data? Everything back to 11 years old When he was mowing lawns for a quarter.
Well, this ought to be as accurate as we can get.
I'm gonna call the attorney general's office And then I'm going up there myself.
If kimble hasn't seen a newspaper yet, We may still have a chance.
Cole, john, in the truck.
Johnson, james.
Smith, william.
Smith, william! Brown, max.
Gamble, arthur.
Savory, robert.
All right, relax.
We got a long ride.
Man: Head's up buddy, let's go.
Well, there's a truckload of workers due In about ten minutes.
I think we'll get home in time for dinner.
Kimble: Can I take a look at your paper? What's it worth to you? A couple of cigarettes? I'm all out.
Sorry.
What if I give you the price of the paper? And I get the paper back.
Yeah.
I wanna work the crossword.
Hey, buddy.
Hey, some guy just jumped ship.
Man: That's him all right.
But he must have jumped out about 6 or 8 miles back.
Was he reading this? Man: Yeah.
He gave me a dime for it.
Ten cents.
Well, he'll never get a better bargain than that.
I appreciate everything you tried to do, doctor.
For a while it looked as if it was gonna work And maybe it would have, If it hadn't been for the human element.
In this case, that reporter.
Well, who knows? Maybe in a year or two.
You mean we should wait around Until he's established a kind of anti-pattern pattern? I'm afraid not, doctor.
Laurie and I are about to have dinner.
Why don't you take a later plane and join us? Well, thank you but no.
Uh, I'm afraid I wouldn't be very good company.
Uh, goodbye, doctor.
Goodbye, lieutenant.
Goodbye, miss ryder.
Goodbye, lieutenant.
Have a nice trip back.
Thank you.
Do you think he'll ever catch him? Possibly.
He knows more about richard kimble Than anyone else.
But the 2130 knows just as much.
George.
Man Yes, doctor.
It looks like kimble reads the papers.
He may know that the computer's tracking him.
You want to program that? Yes, but suppose he reverses his pattern? Ask for the probabilities.
Yes, sir.
Cranberry bogs.
What an awful place to be this time of the year.
Do you think he's really there? I don't know.
I hope not.
Come on, laurie.
Narrator: If you are richard kimble, fugitive, Your already complicated life has become more so.
You can no longer rely upon your instinct, Because, for all you know, Your pursuers may be machines.
And you are merely a human being.
Squads of them.
Just, uh, waiting.
You tell them you were alone.
Nothing about me.
You understand? Nothing about my book and nothing about me.
Okay.
Narrator: Starring david janssen as dr.
Richard kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice, Falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, Reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him En route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, To change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man He saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit Of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
Announcer: The guest star in tonight's story: Melvyn douglas, Also starring barry morse as lieutenant philip gerard.
Announcer: Yes? Woman: Jack, it's laurie.
I've got to talk to you.
Jack, you've got to help me.
What's wrong? It's the car.
Another fender.
Laurie, it's 1:00 in the morning.
Come on, we'll talk about it tomorrow.
I know it's late.
I- I- I didn't realize it.
It's- it's not really a bad dent.
Would you tell dad that you did it? Would I tell him what? Look, he's gonna kill me if he finds out.
You remember how mad he got the last time.
He said he wouldn't let me drive the car for a year.
Laurie, if I take the blame for you, I'm not helping you.
Oh, it's too soon after the last time.
He's gonna be furious.
Please, jack.
Laurie Look, I know what I'm asking you is wrong.
But there are a lot of things wrong between dad and me.
They're not all his fault, either.
Help me once, just this one time, please.
I don't want him to hate me.
Jack, I promise it'll never happen again.
Let's look at the car.
I appreciate your honesty, jack.
I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out.
I'd like to pay for the repair, sir.
Oh, forget it.
I'll be leaving in about 10 minutes.
Will you bring the car out front, please? Yes, sir.
Morning.
Good morning.
Who drives the little car? Miss ryder.
The doctor's daughter? That's right.
Was she driving it last night? I don't know.
Is she here now? No, she just left for school.
The right front fender has a dent.
Hm.
Doctor home? Yes, sir.
Is there something wrong? Well, hit-and-run.
A man's in the hospital And it looks like that car put him there.
Thank you.
We'd like to see dr.
Ryder, please.
Narrator: If you are richard kimble, You lead a complicated life.
However, certain decisions are simple: When the police start getting involved, You don't wait around to see what happens.
That's right.
He left the car at the gas station.
The one just beyond the three point.
Yes, about 12:30.
Oh, and sergeant, if you want to question the attendant, He's at the gas station now.
His name is ernest robely.
You're welcome, sergeant.
Hi, dad.
Run along, honey.
Was that the police? Was there something wrong with the car? Not with the car.
With jack davis.
What happened to him? Nothing, yet.
He took the sports car last night And almost killed a man with it.
What? Had the gall to tell me that he dented the fender In the parking lot.
How do you know he hit somebody with it? Witnesses.
Someone saw it happen.
Got enough of the license plate To report it to the police.
Where is he now? He's running.
Left the car in the gas station- Hello.
Yes.
Kimble? No.
No, I don't- Oh, wait a minute.
A dr.
Richard kimble? Yes.
Yes, of course I remember him.
Yes, I see.
Laurie, do you know who our chauffeur was? He was a murderer.
A wife killer.
Jack? He was found guilty and sentenced.
Then he escaped.
Can you imagine that? Right under my own roof.
Well, it's my own fault.
I should have checked his references.
How do you know that he's this doctor? Fingerprints all over his room.
Hm.
A doctor.
He was supposed to be dedicated to saving lives.
Do you realize that's been two, Almost three years since he got away? All that time running around loose.
The police haven't been able to track him down.
Yes, of course.
Of course.
Of course.
Operator.
Uh, this is dr.
Mark ryder.
I want to place a call to the state attorney general.
Thank you, I'll wait.
Like it was made for you.
How much do I owe you? Ten bucks.
Uh, how about this? Just what I need.
A chauffeur's uniform.
I must have gotten 10 calls for one yesterday.
The only thing I need worse is a suit of armor, Size 38 short.
I haven't got You got 7? Yes.
Okay.
Maybe I can find some tall kid who'll buy it for Halloween.
Lieutenant gerard.
I'm dr.
Ryder.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Glad you could come.
That's quite all right.
You brought the kimble files with you? I usually follow my orders.
I'm sorry if I'm a bit edgy, But I'm usually not used to this cloak-and-dagger business.
What do you mean? My instructions Were to come to denver And hand the kimble files over to you.
That was all.
I think I can unravel the mystery for you.
Here, let me take one of these.
We can get started right away.
Uh, excuse me, doctor.
Get started on what? Well, catching kimble, of course.
Impressive, isn't it? I'm sorry about the night work, lieutenant, But these machines are in constant use during the day And I have a pretty full schedule myself.
I'm sorry you were kept in the dark, But apparently the attorney general felt That the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
You really expect to catch richard kimble With this electronic brain? It's not a brain, lieutenant, it's a computer.
A digital computer known as the 2130.
It doesn't think.
It computes.
I've been using this and machines like it For several years now in medical research.
We've had some remarkable results.
I'm sure you have, doctor, But have you ever tried to compute The whereabouts of an escaped criminal? No, but we'll find richard kimble, lieutenant.
Now, the first thing we must do Is try to establish a pattern.
He has no pattern.
If he had, we'd have caught him long ago.
We all have patterns, lieutenant, Whether we realize it or not.
And a man who's been a fugitive for several years Is likely to have a very definite one.
Doctor, I assume this project may take, uh, several days, A week, maybe longer.
Perhaps.
So before we start, It's only right that I should tell you How I feel about it.
You don't think it'll work.
That's right.
But nothing else has worked either, has it? So why not approach it with an open mind? So on the basis of a slight lack of confidence in each other, Let's begin at the beginning.
Now, then, where and when did kimble first escape you? You all right? Yeah, thank you.
They're nice kids.
Yeah.
Why don't you come back And have a cup of coffee with us? Okay, I'd like it.
Millie, looks to me like this man could use a cup of coffee.
Sit down.
All right.
Our name is oates.
I'm tim.
My wife millie.
Alan, bonnie and charlie.
Do you get it? Get what? Alan, bonnie and charlie.
A, b, c.
Next one's douglas or debbie, depending on what it is.
I got a bet with my wife we can get up to william.
Oh, tim.
Piece of toast, mister? Thank you, alan.
Uh, my name's grant.
Bob grant.
Headed anyplace in particular, mr.
Grant? Uh, california.
There's a lot of work out there this time of year.
That's where we're heading.
Why don't you come with us? Millie, mix this man up some eggs.
Some people like to travel alone, tim.
Tim: Well, the man's hungry, probably broke.
He don't wanna travel alone.
We got children to think about.
We don't know this man.
Well, he don't know us, either.
Uh, you're right, mrs.
Oates.
I appreciate the hospitality.
I'll be going.
Millie: Just a minute.
Can you drive? Yes, I can drive.
Fine.
We'll make twice as much time.
Millie never did learn how.
And probably just as well.
You know women drivers.
Month of August.
What was that date again? Um, the 29th.
August 29, Southern idaho, Large dairy farm.
For how long? Six weeks.
Somebody recognized him from a wanted poster.
He was actually, uh, caught and held prisoner for a while.
Not relevant.
I don't want to know if he was caught or recognized.
I'm trying to establish a geographical pattern.
Dates, location, employment, means of transportation.
Everything since he escaped.
Now, where'd he show up next? He was seen in a town called drain, Near the oregon coast, September 19th.
Been driving a log truck and left town on a freight.
I've programmed all of the material And the technician is now encoding it Onto these punch cards.
Then we use the cards to feed the data into the system.
Ryder: This is the card sorter.
It arranges the cards according to their various codes, At the rate of 800 cards a minute, And stores all the information on tape.
The data on each single card Takes up about one-eighth of an inch of tape.
Now the computer knows as much about kimble as you do.
Statistically, at least.
Excuse me.
Encode this, please.
Now, I'm going to ask the computer To examine all of the material that is stored, To see if there's a pattern to kimble's movement by seasons.
Thank you.
Oh, I didn't think there'd be a pattern.
That's always been our biggest problem with him.
There must be a pattern.
Either I've made a mistake in the programming, Or some of your information was wrong.
You and I and the 2130 are all blameless, doctor.
Kimble is simply not a predictable man.
Lieutenant, all behavior pattern is instinctual In man as well as in the lower animals unless- Unless there are certain outside stimuli.
Actually, as I think back over your records, The only thing that seems to have influenced kimble Is pursuit.
But we didn't program those moves Or the times when he's contacted his family.
You said they'd be outside any pattern.
Hm.
Yes, but were there any others? I mean do you know of any other reasons Why kimble should have moved from place to place Except for the obvious ones Of earning a living or running from the law? There's the one-armed man.
The one-armed man? Oh, yes, I remember.
He said- Kimble claimed to have seen such a man Near the house on the night of the murder.
Of course, he may exist only in kimble's mind.
But that's all that matters, lieutenant.
Now, then, when we go through kimble's records again, We'll make sure to leave out All of the movements except those which were motivated By his trying to locate a one-armed man.
Gerard: "pattern definite, 90 percent.
"December, January, February, warm climate, "west coast or southeastern.
"employment harvesting and other similar.
"marked tendency larger employment groups.
"March, April, may, June, "central and midwestern states.
"employment: Wheat, corn, barley, rye.
"forty percent fieldwork, There's your pattern.
Right or wrong, it's a little hard to believe.
You'll get used to it.
All right.
It's winter so according to this, He's either going west or southeast.
Which involves eight or 10 states.
Now, you and I dig up statistics on those states Where the greatest amount Of non-union employment can be found.
I'll program that into the 2130 Which already knows the type of jobs That kimble has held during previous winters, And then you can ask for probabilities.
Probabilities? How many? We can start with six.
Six.
Water, mr.
Grant? Thanks, alan.
You're pretty good at this, bob.
You got quick hands.
So have you, when it comes to eating those things.
Oh, I'm a growing boy.
I'll fill the canteen, mom.
Okay.
Good boy.
And check on the kids and see what kind of trouble they're in.
Okay.
You got a nice family, tim.
Thanks.
About all I do have.
That's enough.
Kimble.
Kimble.
No, I don't remember the name from any of my crews.
Of course, I don't know, maybe he is and maybe he ain't.
I can't remember the face of every picker I got.
I mean, there's may be 80, 90 out in the grove right now.
Well, I'll leave you one of these posters To circulate around.
Thanks a lot, mr.
Richardson.
Yeah, sure thing.
You guys load that over in the back, will you? Well, we got a choice.
We can spend the rest of the daylight hours Looking over the pickers here Or we can drive down the line to cramer's.
Officer 2: I don't know.
It's gonna be a long day Either way you look at it.
Hey, bonnie, lookit.
They got a picture of our friend, mr.
Grant.
What? Officer 1: Who did you say he was, son? Charlie: That's our friend mr.
Grant.
Officer 1: Where is he now? Bonnie: Out there with our folks, working.
Officer 2: That's just fine.
We're friends of his too.
Why don't you come along And point out your folks to us, huh? Charlie: Sure, right there.
Officer 2: You too, bonnie.
Is he down here? Yeah.
Mr.
Grant.
Mr.
Grant.
Mr.
Grant.
Deputies, two of them.
They got your picture.
They're coming after you.
Thanks, alan.
Pa, I don't know why, But I just had to warn him.
Was it right? I don't know, son.
I would have done the same thing, I guess.
Hello.
Yes, yes, lieutenant.
No question about it.
It was kimble, all right.
They're sure? Half a dozen people identified him from the photograph.
And he still escaped.
The problem is we were trying to cover Too many of your probabilities.
If we'd have narrowed it down, We'd have had enough manpower to get him.
Well, if you want it narrowed down, You'll have to get me more information.
The machine can only compute the data that you feed into it.
I'll give you all the information you want, doctor.
I'll see you down there in about half an hour.
Man: Hey.
Would you mind closing the door, please? Thank you.
Hi.
Hello.
My name is homer.
Jack.
Hi.
Are you a writer? Yeah.
Yes, I am.
Seventeen months' worth of notes there.
That's enough for the odyssey.
That's very good.
You're on the run, aren't you? Join the club.
Here.
along came the ffv the swiftest on the line running o'er the c & o road just 20 minutes behind running into sou'ville headquarters for the line receiving their strict orders from a station just behind Dr.
Ryder? Yes.
My name's doug bassett, doctor.
I'm a reporter for the chronicle.
I'd like to ask you about this wire service story On richard kimble.
They almost nailed him someplace in california.
Well, that's very interesting.
Yes, it is, When you consider that he was your chauffeur Until a few days ago.
Well, that's hardly a secret.
No, sir.
Neither is this wire story.
But your recent night activities are.
And so is the fact that lieutenant gerard, From stafford, indiana, Kimble's hometown, Has been with you every night in the data processing center.
What are you getting at mr.
, uh-? Bassett.
I'm getting at a story, doctor.
I'd like you to tell me what you and that detective are up to.
Or I could make an educated guess.
In print.
Mr.
Bassett, if you do that, You'll destroy everything that we're trying to accomplish.
I'm sure you don't want to do that.
I want a story, doctor.
That's all.
And you'll have it.
You'll have it exclusively when it's time.
You have my word on it.
All right, doctor.
Here's my card.
You have a deal.
Right.
I must say, lieutenant, he has an impressive record And your materials are very comprehensive.
Yes, but it'll be useless until we get some idea where he went.
We'll find out in just a minute.
Of course, there were a lot of ways he could have escaped.
That's why we've eliminated everything from the programming, Except those instances Where there was evidence of immediate pursuit.
He probably has a pattern for that too.
I don't think he'd risk public transportation.
Hitchhiking is too exposed.
He knows he was almost caught this morning.
Well, my guess is that he'd get on a fast freight.
And there were two of them through there.
Uh, to salt lake city and portland, oregon.
Let's see how you stack up Against the computer, lieutenant.
Well, lieutenant, you seem to have computer blood.
Perhaps you'd better notify the police In salt lake city and in portland.
Good morning.
Good morning.
You feel better now? Not really.
Have any idea where we're headed? No, thanks.
Oregon.
We'll be in portland in a few minutes.
Hey, uh, you want to hear what I wrote about you last night? Okay.
"one gets used to these one-name companions after a while.
"this one is another jack.
"not typical, though.
"intelligent, well-read, "calluses on his hands, but they aren't worker's hands.
"not talkative, either.
"advertising executive, maybe.
"living beyond his means.
Nagging wife, "spoiled kids, running away from it all.
"could be a killer too.
"shot his mistress after finding her with somebody else.
"no, not the type.
"more likely an embezzler.
"ran off with a load of company funds, "got a job somewhere under a phony name.
Somebody recognized him, so he's on the run again.
" That's stream-of-consciousness stuff.
I do it all the time.
Did I come close anywhere? I'm afraid I'm not gonna fit into your saga.
Sure you will.
Everybody does.
Hey, I know a place just outside of town Where, uh, we can get a couple of free meals Just for splitting some logs.
You gotta be careful not to cut off your fingers, though, okay? Sure, why not.
What's the matter? Cops.
Squads of them.
Just, uh, waiting.
You tell them you were alone.
Nothing about me.
You understand? Nothing about my book and nothing about me.
Okay.
He's finished.
That's not kimble.
No.
I'll tell you who it is though.
It's macklin.
Marty macklin.
You mean the kid who shot those two guards from salem? And that prison guard in seattle.
You got that flyer on kimble? Yeah.
Did you want to see me, dad? Yes, laurie.
Laurie, these are the complete files on richard kimble.
I've been over and over them.
School records, army history, medical career.
Every single detail.
And you know, it's an amazing thing, laurie.
Except for that one moment of violence And what he did to us, He seems to be a decent human being.
A good man and a good doctor.
Don't you think that's strange, laurie? What did you want to see me about, dad? I thought maybe you wanted to see me about something.
Laurie, don't you think it's strange He told me about the car, Considering that he'd run down somebody? Well, maybe he thought that you'd find out anyway.
And that's all you have to say? Well, what do you mean? Do you think that I-? I mean I think I'd be sick If I'd been hounding an innocent man.
But his wife.
Didn't he kill his wife? I don't know.
I'm not sure about anything.
Are you, laurie? I tried to tell you before, but- Oh, anyhow- I had the car.
It was late and I'd had some beer And this- This man, he- he just stumbled right into the street, Right in front of me.
It wasn't my fault! I was scared.
That's why I asked jack to say he put the dent in the fender.
I- I didn't even tell him about the man.
But, laurie, if it wasn't your fault, The police probably- I wasn't afraid of the police.
I was afraid of you.
I- I kept in touch with the hospital, dad.
The man's out of danger now.
I'm sorry, laurie.
Forgive me.
Do you have to keep after him? I'm afraid it doesn't matter what I do Anymore.
Gerard knows about 2130.
Anyone can program it for him.
Isn't there anything you can do? Maybe.
Yes, maybe there is.
Maybe there's something I can do about a great many things.
Hm.
Yes, yes, I'd like to talk to one of your reporters.
A man named bassett.
I'd just like to know how he got ahold of that.
He must be a good reporter.
He must also be psychic.
Only four or five people know exactly what we're doing here.
I'd say you can begin adjusting that figure upwards.
And if kimble sees this- Then we can all go home.
If he knows he's being computed, He'll begin to change his pattern immediately.
Well, we'll just have to act on the assumption That he doesn't know.
Yet.
Lieutenant, I've conducted an experiment Which I'd like to show you.
Experiment? Yes.
If it has something to do with kimble, I'm interested.
It has.
We have access to thousands of medical And psychiatric case histories, Including over 100,000 convicted criminals.
I had those histories fed into the 2130 Along with the complete profile of richard kimble.
And I mean complete.
And then I asked for the probabilities Of his being able to commit murder Under any circumstances.
"subject capability of committing murder: No comment, lieutenant? Just one: The remaining 2 percent is enough for me.
Shall we get to work? Ryder: Flood control in portland.
Evidently this time he didn't run.
Uh, he's been in portland before.
Knows his way around.
Probably feels more secure.
Also, there'd be more job opportunities there.
Well, there are your probables.
Uh, you programmed all that additional employment data? Everything back to 11 years old When he was mowing lawns for a quarter.
Well, this ought to be as accurate as we can get.
I'm gonna call the attorney general's office And then I'm going up there myself.
If kimble hasn't seen a newspaper yet, We may still have a chance.
Cole, john, in the truck.
Johnson, james.
Smith, william.
Smith, william! Brown, max.
Gamble, arthur.
Savory, robert.
All right, relax.
We got a long ride.
Man: Head's up buddy, let's go.
Well, there's a truckload of workers due In about ten minutes.
I think we'll get home in time for dinner.
Kimble: Can I take a look at your paper? What's it worth to you? A couple of cigarettes? I'm all out.
Sorry.
What if I give you the price of the paper? And I get the paper back.
Yeah.
I wanna work the crossword.
Hey, buddy.
Hey, some guy just jumped ship.
Man: That's him all right.
But he must have jumped out about 6 or 8 miles back.
Was he reading this? Man: Yeah.
He gave me a dime for it.
Ten cents.
Well, he'll never get a better bargain than that.
I appreciate everything you tried to do, doctor.
For a while it looked as if it was gonna work And maybe it would have, If it hadn't been for the human element.
In this case, that reporter.
Well, who knows? Maybe in a year or two.
You mean we should wait around Until he's established a kind of anti-pattern pattern? I'm afraid not, doctor.
Laurie and I are about to have dinner.
Why don't you take a later plane and join us? Well, thank you but no.
Uh, I'm afraid I wouldn't be very good company.
Uh, goodbye, doctor.
Goodbye, lieutenant.
Goodbye, miss ryder.
Goodbye, lieutenant.
Have a nice trip back.
Thank you.
Do you think he'll ever catch him? Possibly.
He knows more about richard kimble Than anyone else.
But the 2130 knows just as much.
George.
Man Yes, doctor.
It looks like kimble reads the papers.
He may know that the computer's tracking him.
You want to program that? Yes, but suppose he reverses his pattern? Ask for the probabilities.
Yes, sir.
Cranberry bogs.
What an awful place to be this time of the year.
Do you think he's really there? I don't know.
I hope not.
Come on, laurie.
Narrator: If you are richard kimble, fugitive, Your already complicated life has become more so.
You can no longer rely upon your instinct, Because, for all you know, Your pursuers may be machines.
And you are merely a human being.