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- First time watching and reacting to The Fugitive
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Harrison Ford has made some great movies but The Fugitive is one of his best acting roles.
On a personal note, I wanted to share my "Harrison Ford" story. I actually worked with the veterinary hospital that Harrison and Calista (his wife) take their animals to and had an opportunity to talk with the staff about him. To a person they all said both he and Calista are good, kind people and take good care of their pets. They even shared a story where he was having his house worked on and would make lunch for the construction crew (probably out of sympathy from when he did movie set construction before he became a celebrity). It's was just a nice, wholesome story to indicate what a down to earth guy he is.
I miss Ally McBeal.
Dasha, you also pointed out something that many people overlook when watching the movie! Richard did not only catch the real killer, he saved countless number of people's lives! If the drug was released and not effective or even dangerous for side effects then many many people would have died! Great reactions and predictions for the movie!
Yeah, weirdly, that never actually occurred to me before, but she's right.
The idea of the drug was fairly silly. If it led to liver problems then as soon as that happened it would be recalled and Devlin McGregor would have their ass sued off. I assume it would also have to be tested by the FDA and they would see the problems with it.
The original Fugitve TV series with David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble and narrated by William Conrad (TV's Cannon) ran from 1963 to 1967 (4 seasons). Only the final season was in color. This was the first series to feature a final episode where all the plot threads were wrapped up. The series was so popular that part two of the finale was the most-watched television series episode up to that time. It was viewed by 25.7 million households (45.9 percent of American households with a television set), meaning that more than 78 million people tuned in.
Both the TV series Kung Fu and The Incredible Hulk use the same weekly formula as The Fugitive
It was also based on a famous true murder case, and a husband who claimed to be falsely accused
@@gfoyle69 That's sounds like a rarity 😉
And it held the record for most viewed TV show for more than a decade until the final episode of M.A.S.H. in 1983.
My folks and I loved the Janssen series, our local video store at the time had them all on… VHS.
Fun fact: in the iconic scene at the dam, when Kimble says "I didn't kill my wife" Gerard was supposed to say "That's not my problem". Tommy Lee Jones changed the line, everyone loved it. And it became the defining moment of the movie.
In the German version Gerard's answer is: "Das ist mir scheißegal!"
"I don't give a fuck"? That would've been a better line.
@@christopherlarock9062 You're absolutely right; that would be the equivalent statement in English.
I'm not sure which quote I prefer though.
To me the original one seems to clarify that Gerard just want's to keep it on a professional level, while the German one might imply, that he isn't able to feel any empathy at all (which can also be just a defense mechanism to hide personal feelings).
I also might be wrong on this point and in the end the meaning is the same anyways no matter if it's formulated milder or harsher. 😊
@@christopherlarock9062 eh, I respectfully disagree. I think that would have been a little over the top
@One Armed Retro Gamer How about, "Frankly, Dr. Kimble, I don't give a damn!", "Nobody cares, bro!", "That's what everybody who kills their wife says!", or, "If you have something to say, speak into the microphone!", while grabbing his crotch?
_The Fugitive:_ the _only_ movie I'm aware of where you _actually_ find yourself rooting both for the criminal on the run _and_ the Deputy US Marshall trying to _catch_ him.
8:58 This move puzzles me, though. I mean Dr. Kimble is trying to run from the _authorities._ That means keeping a low _profile._ _Surely,_ that means making off with a less conspicuous _vehicle._ He _can't_ have been hoping to go far with a stolen _ambulance._ He might as well steal a _firetruck._
I guess he had to have some kind of vehicle and I don't see him stealing or jacking a car.
Spoiler
US Marshals, while not as good, has a similar vibe
Catch Me If You Can
@@MrJholshouser41 "its about you, the great Sam Gérard, and you always have to get your man."
Harrison Ford is so underrated as an actor. The opening minutes in that police interrogation scene where he just breaks down when the weight of his reality truly hits him, the death of his wife and soulmate and in terms of craft and believability, it feels less like a summer blockbuster and seems like a documentary. He goes there with the emotions. Ford tough, baby.
Harrison Ford an underrated actor??? Which stone have you been living under for the last 40 years? He's been one of the most well-known and celebrated actors of our time!
@@shoujahatsumetsu Not necessarily. People -- especially the most snobbish of them -- often don't equate being a famous movie star with being a good actor. (Seeing what passes as celebrity these days, it's hard not to think they have a point.)
Seriously! “Underrated” The most wrongly used word on RUclips. I’ve come across Elton John, Billy Joel, Marlon Brando and a shitload of others being “underrated.” Bar it! Take it out of the dictionary! Hell, treat it like the n word and forbid anyone from saying it!
Underrated? 🤣😂
@@TowGunner It absolutely is. Hell, I've seen people commenting on songs and saying "This bass line is underrated," leading me to wonder where someone would go find out what a bass line is "rated" in the first place. They can't just say they like or appreciate something, they have to imply that they're special for liking it based on some nonsensical claim that no one else realizes it's good.
Dasha needs a counter for all the times she says "are you serious?" 🤗 Oh my God she is so adorable when she gets excited 😁
And another for all the times she says "Oy oy oy oy!" 😱
Oh, I know, her adorable enthusiasm is contagious!
Desperate, creepy men flirting with Dasha is getting so old.
This reminds me of another old classic Ford movie 'Witness'. Worth checking out if anybody hasn't seen.
Having grown up in the Chicago area and still living there I can say with 100% accuracy that there are no mountains, nor roads going through tunnels, nor giant dams anywhere in the area.
I as a Chicagoian born and raised can confirm
This is one of the greatest summer movies of all time. 93 was a great year for film. Carlito's Way, Falling Down, True Romance, In The Line of Fire, Tombstone, Schindler's List, it goes on and on. But this was great I had to see it twice that summer. Love it.
Excellent remembrance!
"I know things about pigeons"
Don't forget that little film Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park and The Fugitive were the number 1 & 2 biggest grossing films of 1993. Also the year the best Batman movie of all time came out, "Batman Mask of the Phantasm".
The following year gave us Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump. Man the 90s was the best decade for film!
I wish more people would react to True Romance. One of the most amazing casts of any movie and so much fun! I would call it very underrated.
I love it when Dr. Nichols has a Freudian slip, and says dishonest, instead of honest. Guilty conscience!
The movie is based on a tv show that aired in 1963. For 4 seasons people tuned in to watch Dr. Kimble chase the one armed man. The series finale was one of the most watched tv show episodes of all time.
nice
A great tv show.
And apparently, none of the main cast from the movie had seen the TV show.
The dam in the movie is Cheoah Dam in the mountains of western North Carolina, USA. It’s sometimes called the Fugitive Dam because of the movie.
I love her talking smack, do your job, do your research lmao 🤣. I really harrison and tommy lee had done more films together. The dynamic those two had in this movie was perfect
[after the dam jump] "Well, he _survives,_ right? Because we've still got half of the movie..."
Hah.
The fact that they made a movie based on a series that ran for many years yet made it so convincing in 2 hours is why it's so brilliant.
One of the all-time great movies shot in Chicago! Andrew Davis made sure as much as possible was accurate to real life.
13:10 This is more of a generational thing, because this is an older movie. No cell phones. No directions on phones. But also, people still picked up hitchhikers a lot more often.
Fun fact, this was partly filmed in my hometown of Sylva, NC and in the surrounding area as well :) Mostly it was filmed in Chicago but still, my town's really proud of its contribution. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri was also filmed here in Sylva and is definitely a great watch
Isn't that train wreck still there?
your town should be proud! 👍🏼🙂
My parents live in Whittier and my grandmother used to live in Bryson City. They had the buses in different levels of destruction on display there for a long time. There was even a split second in the movie where you could see the place where she used to work called "Nabers".
Yes, the train is still there. It's in Dillsboro nc.
Damn Dasha, you getting so good in anticipating plot twists, it's scary. 😄
Great reaction Dasha. 👍
They did make a sequel in 1998 called 'US Marshals' (but only Tommy Lee Jones as Marshal Sam Girard and his crew returned...Harrison Ford was making another film at that time - plus Dr. Richard Kimble's/Ford's character story arc was completed) however the new story (another innocent man turned fugitive on the run trying to clear his name) features Wesley Snipes & Robert 'Iron Man/Tony Stark' Downey Jr. It is definitely worth watching in my opinion. 😁
Also if you want to see another film, similarly along these lines, then check out the 1976 action classic ' Assault On Precinct 13' directed by John Carpenter (who also directed Halloween, The Thing, Starman, Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From New York & They Live - to name a few). That one is also one of my (and Quentin Tarantino's) favorite movies. 😎
Great reaction Dasha! You're getting really good at figuring out the various plot twists from all the films you've seen. I love your channel and always look forward to a new reaction from you.
This is one of the few movies I can watch over & over again.
Hello Dasha! I'm glad you found this movie. It's based upon my very favorite tv show of the same name. It ran from 1963 thru 1967. I only remember watching the final season when the episodes were new, but watched the earlier black and white episodes as re-runs. Dr. Kimble was a pediatrician from the small town of Stafford, Indiana. His wife Helen couldn't have children, and refused to adopt any. They argued frequently; neighbors heard it often. One night, Dr. Kimble left after an argument, and returned home to find Helen dead. He was convicted, and freed because of a train wreck. Names were changed for the movie, and I never understood why. The actor who played Gerard in the tv series was actually English; I never knew that until the Fugitive movie came out. His American accent was so dull, flat, and totally boring that he sounded like he could have lived right next door to me! re is a link to the final, two-part episode of The Fugitive; it was the most watched tv episode in U. S. history up to that point. Enjoy. Love your channel! ruclips.net/video/cpEzT4yC5lQ/видео.html
I got the impression that Gerard's name was changed to Sam from Phillip because he's a very different character, but yeah, they could've left the one-armed man as Fred Johnson. I suppose it's not really that important, though.
Hi Dasha, after this movie there was another movie made about the Marshalls that were pursuing Kimball. That movie is " U.S. Marshalls ". If you like this one, you will like it too.
Being a highly empathetic man I absolutely LOVE your sense of right and wrong. You interpretation/commentary of this movie is as beautiful to me as yourself, Dasha.
Dr Kimble must have the same lawyer as Andy Dufrane
😎👍 This is a stellar example of a movie made in 1993 that could not have been made 15 years later. By that time, phone booths had pretty much completely disappeared from the landscape (replaced by personal cellphones), and DNA testing would've easily exonerated Dr. Kimball to begin with.
Amazing classic The Fugitive starring by Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. This film is based on the tv series of the same name The Fugitive starring by David Janssen. Thank you Dasha and don't forget reacts the spin off U.S. Marshalls
This movie pre-dated CGI, so the train wreck at the beginning was real. No scale models or special effects, but an actual train wreck -- all the ground and aerial views of it are real. I recall reading something about it at the time, that it was one of the most expensive and complicated stunts ever made for a movie up to then. Just imagine if they didn't get all the shots on the first (and only) take?!
I wound up in Cook County Hospital once when I had EColi; they saved my life, but yeah, it was indeed a creepy-feeling type of place! And, there were police everywhere there...
This is a story from many years ago, it even had a TV series and comics. They did pretty good making it exciting. Dasha, as always fantastic reaction video. Great job young lady.
If you want more Harrison Ford you could watch "Patriot Games", and the sequel "Clear and Present Danger". They are sequels to "The Hunt for Red October", which you have already seen. Ford replaced Alex Baldwin as the main character Jack Ryan.
Years of growing up, watching the TV series and they finally ended and answered all the questions, with this movie. I LOVED IT..
Great reaction as always.
Yeah, if there is a fugitive of the law, anyone who harbors (houses, or lets them stay with you) them, can be charged with a crime. If you saw or talked to them, you don't have to notify law enforcement unless they specifically ask you. That is why he told the woman to shut up (plus, she was still making a racket after it was all over). And the U.S. Marshall Office was tasked with apprehending the fugitives. Kimble was lucky to get an equally-intelligent marshall chasing him who was also dedicated to justice, that he DID in fact, pick up on the breadcrumbs left by Kimbel. The guys who were supposed to investigate, and did a piss-poor job of it, were the two Chicago detectives, who failed in their jobs. Instead, Kimbel and Gerard did the investigation together even though one was pursuing the other. Fortunately, Gerard obtained the evidence needed to prove Kimbel's innocence before he or other law enforcement caught him.
Though there are other branches of the US Marshals that do different things (Witness Protection is also under their purview), a unit just like Gerard's actually does exist in real life. Even has a badass acronym: FIST (Fugitive Investigative Strike Team).
Harrison Ford in Air Force One.
Plays a president that kicks butt.
This was based on A real crime Back in the early 50's that was made into A tv show.
I love how it was more economical for the movie production to crash a real train than build a scale miniature model to wreck.
17:45 "Holy _sh!t!_ How did they _find_ him?!"
17:51 "Is it for him or is just a sketchy _neighborhood?"_
Ah. Very astute, Dasha. Yes, they are in fact there for someone _else._
When you said 'Do your research. Work! Work!' I had to laugh, great reaction!
Everyone talks about Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, but I want to give a shout-out to the one-armed man, Andreas Katsulas. Brilliant character actor; his best role was probably on the TV show “Babylon 5.”
Great reaction! Another great movie with Tommy Lee Jones is Double Jeopardy. Another great movie with Harrison Ford is Air Force One.
This, Witness, and Regarding Henry are my favorite non star wars, indiana jones, Harrison Ford movies.
"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area!" I guess he forgot to check the lighthouse, steakhouse, dollhouse, birdhouse, and waffle house! 🤣
Nobody wants to fuck with the Waffle House.
Love Tommy Lee Jones. His central Texas accent always stands out. Am Texan, so it makes me smile. He also does Japanese commercials because he's fluent but heavily accented in Japanese.
a fun fact i did not know. 👍🏼
The problem I have with this film is Kimball is a doctor who makes a lot of money. He would not need to kill his wife for insurance money. So, there is no motive for money. The doctor could have been charged for aiding an escaped convict. U.S. Marshalls do not solve crimes, they capture escaped convicts. This movie was very successful and spawned a spinoff movie for Tommy Lee Jones called "U.S. Marshalls" and a TV series called "The Fugitive". EXCELLENT reactions to this film, Dasha!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I recently rewatched one of your reactions from when you first started, and you have come a long way.
The late '90s TV series called The Fugitive is actually the second show with that name. This movie is actually an adaptation of the 1963-1967 TV series.
Pro tip. The tall cop on the subway, was in the hilarious tv show, Scrubs! There's one episode where JD thinks the evil janitor, was the tall cop in this movie!! I won't tell u how it ends!
this movie does a good job of capturing the aspect of the tv series where Kimble was helping different people each episode while trying to solve his wife's murder
Another great Harrison Ford Thriller is "Witness".
Another classic. A fantastic whodunnit, and a great adaptation of an equally classic series. The cast is just AMAZING.
Julianne Moore's character was originally going to have a bigger part as Kimble's love interest. However, they decided that it wouldn't make any sense given that the entire plot was about Kimble trying to get justice for his wife.
I love Tommy Lee Jones. No one plays exasperated deadpan curmudgeon like Tommy Lee.
There was a sequel to this film focusing on Jones's character, Gerard. It's called U. S. Marshals.
Tommy Lee Jones was also in Captain America: The First Avenger... He's great in this. :)
Thank you for your reaction to this movie Dasha! I watched it on cinema as a teenager and liked it a lot. It aged well.
I love THE SIMPSONS parody of this movie's iconic sewer tunnel scene.
The sequel to this is called "U.S.Marshalls" it's worth a watch.
Harrison Ford playing a Russian Navy officer in a true story:
"K-19 The Widowmaker" (2002)
I always enjoy this movie -- but there is one huge flaw: Why didn't he (or his attorneys) go through the few relatively simple steps to find the real killer BEFORE HIS TRIAL? Big murder trials generally take a YEAR after the arrest before they come to trial. That would have been PLENTY of time to do the same investigations the doctor did in a couple of days...
15:21 "Well, at least he has good friends, right?" Yeah, about that...
I love Tommy Lee's character in this movie.
Glad they gave him a sequel.
For this film Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for best supporting actor
Great movie. Always kills me how a surgeon could hire such absolutely horrible attorneys lol
Attorneys don't investigate crimes. They work with what they are given
Couple things:
First, I’m talking about bringing up all the inconsistencies of facts, the phone records, the obviousness of his finger prints being in his house, the obviousness of why a dying wife would be calling out for her husband, and on and on. All of that goes towards raising reasonable doubt.
Second, regarding “attorneys don’t investigate crimes”…yes they do. I know this b/c I am an attorney. I saw this all the time when I was a prosecutor, I saw & did this when I was a criminal defense lawyer, and I do this now in civil litigation…on property disputes/insurance claims/personal injury/etc…matters far less life-or-death than a murder trial.
Lawyers, esp defense attorneys hire private investigators all the time. A public defender; yeah, prob not…but the kind of attorneys Kimble, a successful surgeon, would hire for his death penalty murder case; Absolutely.
Of course none of this really matters b/c there wouldn’t be a movie if he wasn’t charged/convicted/sentenced.
@@MrDMF567 hahaha, you talk like there aren't lots of innocent people who have been jailed or even sent to death row. Who were all defended by lawyers.
Stop pretending that the defence attorneys have to be horrible for an innocent person to be convicted
I remember the first time I watched this movie and the famous train crash happened, my pulse was racing the remainder of the film’s duration thanks in part to how the director’s influence in every scene was felt.
On one hand, over-reliance on technology for, example, driving directions, is often cited as one of the ways that "kids these days are weak, not like in my day." As a rebuttal to that, I'm a Gen-X-er: I learned to drive in the mid-1990s, well before cell phone directions were a thing. I had: a map. And I would get lost turning left out of my driveway. I have a *terrible* sense of direction; always have! My younger brother has always been good at that: knowing the routes, the streets, how they intersect, etc. Our mom is super at that kind of thing: he got that gene, and I never did. So the advent of first- MapQuest where you could look up a route and print it out- that was great. However, if I had to detour off of that route at all, I was in big trouble. Then finally GPS real-time driving directions came around, and thank goodness for them. If I were ever in a situation where I was fleeing for my life and had to rely on my knowledge of roads and routes, I would be back in jail immediately, because I am simply hopeless at that stuff, and always have been.
Dasha:
You need to watch RED, which I am sure you will like a lot, because:
1. It is an action movie, but also has moments of comedy.
2. It has Bruce Willis as the main character,
3. It has a character in it who is supposed to be Russian, and you can tell us whether his Russian speaking is any good,
4. One character is played by actress Helen Mirren (Mironova), whose father was actually Russian, but who was raised in England. You look just like her when she was your age. (She is still beautiful in her 60s, so you probably will be also)
5. It has a lot of other good actors in it and it is just a fun action movie to watch. I am sure you will like it.
23:31 comment:observation.-Ernie Moore Jr.
0:07 comment: liking an actor.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Reasons like those illustrated in this movie fall into the category of why I don't support capital punishment. It is _utterly_ without justification. And the fact that it's not abolished in the US is how I know that the US is not governed by reason. _Rational_ countries _abolish_ this practice.
No body plays the common man better than Harrison Ford. You should watch is other more serious movies like Frantic, The Jack Ryan Movies and Air Force One, Also a great movie is The Count Of Monte Cristo 2002 a movie about injustice like this.
I love her reactions and genuine responses to the movie unfolding ❤
All of your questions about his conviction are valid.
We can only assume Kimble hired the world's worst lawyer. Like Mr Hutz from the Simpsons.
Sure, Phil Hartman mostly gets remembered for voicing Troy McClure on that show, but I always thought Mr Hutz was funnier.
Working Girl is a fun Harrison Ford movie!!!!! Please watch!!!!!
A young handsome Tommy Lee Jones is in a thriller The Eyes of Laura Mars. 1979ish.
Both fantastic movies!
22:13 "Marshal," Dasha. Deputy Marshal. But it's Tommy Lee Jones, he's played sheriffs before, so you're forgiven. 😉
6:37 reaction: invested and honest.-Ernie Moore Jr.
love watching your reactions you get so into the movies like you are in the scenes
It's not quite as bad as it may have seemed to you. The U.S. Marshals' job is to catch fugitives, NOT to investigate crimes. That's why, at the dam, when Dr. Kimble says he didn't kill his wife, the Tommy Lee Jones character says he doesn't care. Even later in the movie, as Kimble is putting together the pieces, the only reason the Marshals pay any attention to what he's figuring out is because it will help them to better predict his movements. Of course, they ARE still humans who chose to work in law enforcement, so they DO actually care; once they have Kimble in hand, they're likely to communicate with the appropriate other law enforcement agencies to ensure justice is done.
Now you gotta watch the spoof with Leslie Nelson: Wrongfully Accused!
John Kimble's lawyer is played by Dick Cusack, father to John and Joan Cusack 😄
Priviet Dasha. This movie is so good and everyone did a terrific job. I do suggest U. S. Marshals (1998), it's a sequel. Air Force One (1997) is another great film with Harrison Ford.
The sequel, "U S. Marshalls," with Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes, is also worthwhile.
This movie was based on a television show of the same name from the 1960s, starring David Janssen.
The show followed the events of Richard Kimball's life while he was on the run. Like Harrison Ford's character, his concern was to eventually find the one-armed man and bring him to justice.
But that's where the show ends. The ending of the movie was not part of the tv series.
This was a tv series in the 60s
It shocked Americans to see a series based on where there was such a miscarriage of justice
I enjoy your reactions, thank you. :)
Прекрасный фильм, прекрасные актеры.
Another great movie starring Harrison Ford with a Russian theme is a movie called “AIR FORCE ONE” watch it you’ll love it it’s action packed
This is a film I can watch whenever it is on. Just so good.
29:59 "Janitor!"
The Fugitive is such a great movie! Two amazing leads in Ford and Jones! Its too bad the sequel isn't nearly as good. Its not a bad movie, Its just super flat compared to the Fugitive. If you see them with enough time passed, US Marshals is good. Just don't watch it right after watching the Fugitive. You will be disappointed.
Honestly, I feel like this and it's 'sequel' (US Marshals) are kind of forgotten about when it comes to solid entertainment. I wouldn't say they were groundbreaking in anyway, but the performances from Ford, Jones, and Snipes in the second are great.
Great films all around. Also get the same vibe from Jones in 'The Hunted' which is another solid flick.
Downey Jr. is also great in the sequel.
Hi Dasha, I hope you’ve had a good week. The situation where the police don’t even look for someone because they think they already know who killed her is called Confirmation Bias, in England anyway. When a policeman is convinced they have the right man they then make the evidence fit their conclusions. In the UK policemen when they being trained are made aware that this can happen if you make your mind up without even investigating other lines of enquiry.
Good job on reacting to the bulldog tenacity of the Federal Marshalls, especially Tommy Lee Jones.
... You got hot and took off your jacket. The the rest of us got hot! 😄
In fact it was this exact thing, when he'd read it in the papers, that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle despised so much, that's why he made Sherlock Holmes (to quote from the adventure of black peter) "Never lose sight of the alternative" or "Find the alternatives and provide against them". Sherlock Holmes stories, though full of fallacies, actually did help influence crimefighting in the UK.
Julianne Moore was supposed to have a bigger part and actually become a love interest of Kimbles. They filmed the scenes but they were cut because they do think it would be received well if Kimble started falling in love with another woman while solving his wife’s murder.
That's odd. You'd think the writer would have realized that long before casting and filming.
This was based on an old TV show that was based on an actual crime. One of the elements in the real crime was a cigarette butt floating in the toilet, but neither the dead wife or the accused husband smoked. One of the first cops at the scene saw the cigarette, then flushed the toilet.
Another one you might enjoy is Presumed Innocent.
29:59 Always good to see the Janitor from Scrubs. ^_^
A really great movie based on the popular 1960's TV series.
Dasha, it would help to understand that the primary duties of the US Marshals is to hunt down fugitives from the law. That said, their investigations really only relate to tracking those people down, NOT investigating the crimes they are accused of. Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) only cares about finding Kimball, not proving his guilt or innocence.
I was going to mention that exact thing. Although I believe that the US marshals also are in charge of people who are in the witness protection program, but that has nothing to do with this movie.
I’d also like to point out that the apparent incompetence of the police, not even bothering to investigate Richards’ claim that his wife was killed by a one armed man, is sadly often the case in real life. There have been numerous instances of the police coming to a false conclusion based on very sketchy circumstantial evidence and refusing to accept any other suspects that contradict their early conclusions. They take that first theory, assume that they’re right, and cling to it like a hungry dog with a bone.
I’ve seen several made for TV movies based on actual events where this has actually happened. I’ve also seen a documentary about a family that was destroyed because of false accusations and the police refusal of any evidence that proves them wrong. And there’s a book titled “An Innocent Man” about two innocent men who were convicted of the rape and murder of a local waitress, and when newly developed DNA testing technology proved their innocence years later, the police and district attorney still insist that they had the right men for the crime. It’s sad and disgusting just how frequently this happens in real life.
Exactly right. Kimble's prints on the gun and lamp, for example, make sense because it was his property and he would touch things that were his; but to give the Chicago police just a little bit of credit, they were probably interested in his prints being there _and_ nobody else's prints showing up (along with the lack of a "forced entry" and Helen's misinterpreted call to emergency). Taking that as a starting point, learning that Kimble was his rich wife's beneficiary, that his blood was under her nails (common when victims fight back and scratch their attackers), it starts to make a little more sense that they'd think Kimble did it. Especially when you also consider that the "one-armed man" had people from Devlin Macgregor lying for him to say that he was out of town when the murder happened. I do think the Chicago PD was portrayed as idiotic - and rightly so - but it was also _sort of_ understandable.
The Marshals would not have been obligated to investigate the actual crime; their job was just to recapture Kimble, and they went above and beyond in following the leads Kimble left them. I'm not surprised someone from outside the US wouldn't know this; it just makes a little more sense if you know the way law enforcement works here.
@@Thundarr100 You are correct that the US Marshals are in charge of Witness Protection. And yes, cops do this so often that it has a name: confirmation bias.
21:14 comment:roasted.-Ernie Moore Jr.
26:45 comment: pretext to an oops called it too soon.-Ernie Moore Jr.
one of the best movies ever made.
4:20 That's why it's always worse for an innocent person to be convicted.
"Worse than a guilty person going free?"
Yes, because when an innocent person goes to jail, a guilty person somewhere out there ALSO goes free.
Happy new year Dasha! This was more entertaining than the TV series. We got it settled in hours rather than years. More Harrison: "witness, working girl, frantic, regarding Henry, six days seven nights." Tommy Lee:" the package, the client, Volcano, space cowboys, men in black." Julianne: "the forgotten, evolution, laws of attraction."
Also Julianne: The Lost World Jurassic Park.
I agree, why wouldn't his fingerprints be on his gun? In real life they would have tested his hands for gunshot residue and when they don't find any, he goes free. But if they did that then the movie wouldn't happen.
Harrison Ford lead character from Indiana Jones and the temple of doom
I think you would make a good detective although they can also see a lot of blood in their work.
About driving maps on phones and GPS, that's why nowadays taxi drivers are not as good as the old ones. The old ones had a radar map in their brains as they were so much used to go through the city. Even medical MRI analysis showed that their 3d localization abilities and area of their brain were much more developped that one of a normal person.
Jumping into a dam could seem as a suicide attempt from someone guilty who prefers to chose their own destiny instead of being killed by the State.