The Fugitive

If Harrison Ford isn't the most-successful movie star in history, then he's at least on the shortest of shortlists. And he's almost a silent-film actor in The Fugitive, while Oscar-winner Tommy Lee Jones as his dogged antagonist is positively verbose. Ford gets to play smart, determined and driven to find the one-armed man who killed his wife, despite having a terrible lawyer representing him. Jones is the federal marshal out to find him, who's likewise smart, determined and driven. It's such a credit to The Fugitive that a woman gets murdered, there's medical fraud, friends betray friends and yet Andrew Davis still finds so many ways to make this such a fun film. Let the 528th episode of Have You Ever Seen use not just one arm, but two to unscramble the mystery as we realize it's time to stop running. Well, Actually: Ryan was thinking of Joseph Kosala as the real Chicago cop who plays Ron Dean's detective partner. Also, Dean IS a Chicagoan, but Richard Riehle (the guard on the prison bus) is not. Also also, L Scott Caldwell did NOT return in US Marshals as part of TLJ's team. And finally, the editor who didn't get his entire name mentioned in full is Dov Hoenig. Sparkplug Coffee sponsors Have You Ever Seen. They offer a 20% discount to anyone who uses our "HYES" promo code. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Ever since the start of 2023, all our podcasts go up on YouTube Your destination is @hyesellis. You can like, subscribe and comment there, of course, but you can also comment by talking to us via email ([email protected]). We also love to hear what you think on the Twitter thing (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis).