A man wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife escapes the train taking him to death row. He wanders America in search of the real killer, a one-armed man, pursued by the lieutenant who investigated the murder and lost the prisoner. This was the story of the ABC television drama The Fugitive. The saga of Dr. Richard Kimble and Lt. Gerard, a mix of Les Miserables and a real life case, produced not only the highest rated television series broadcast of the 1960s, but also a hit movie and a sequel in the 1990s.

The series first aired September 17, 1963. Roy Huggins, who had created Maverick and would co-create The Rockford Files, devised The Fugitive based heavily on the Victor Hugo novel Les Miserables, with Lt. Gerard based on Inspector Javert, the indefatigable pursuer. But The Fugitive was also inspired by the real-life case of Dr...