The Fugitive Page #3

Kimble holding his dead wife. Blood on his hands.

COP #1

Move away from her.

CUT TO:

INT. KIMBLE'S TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT

Kimble, numbed by the event, washes the blood off his hands

in the kitchen sink. A cop takes his blood-stained tux

jacket, and another hands him a parka.

EXT. KIMBLE'S TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT

The street is filled with Chicago police cars, curious

neighbors, television news vans, etc.

Kimble is helped into a police car as the coroner's van

arrives. He pauses a moment to watch as we hear.

DETECTIVE KELLY (V.O.)

Can you give us a little more to go

on besides the fact that he had an

artificial arm? What kind of gun was

it, Doc?

INT. 11TH STREET DISTRICT HOUSE - NIGHT

CAMERA FINDS Kimble in an interview room. He is in "why"

shock. "Why her." "Why me?" Says nothing. Two Detectives:

KELLY and ROSETTI. Kelly, the questioner, is overweight,

aggressive. He shifts his gun on his hip so he can sit down.

KIMBLE:

It was .38... I think. I only saw it

for a second. I knocked it out of

his hand.

As Kimble is questioned we INTERCUT WITH flashes of the

murder scene being processed:

FLASH - INT. KIMBLE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Forensics technicians photograph the .38 at the base of the

stairs.

DETECTIVE ROSETTI (V.O.)

Do you own a gun, Dr. Kimble?

KIMBLE:

Yes.

DETECTIVE ROSETTI (V.O.)

What kind of gun?

KIMBLE:

A .38 Smith.

FLASH - FORENSICS TECHNICIAN DUSTS CRYSTAL LAMP

DETECTIVE KELLY:

Did you have your key with you tonight,

Dr. Kimble?

FLASH - COPS

Checking doors of house for signs of forcible entry.

BACK TO SCENE:

PHONE RINGS. Rosetti answers it. Kimble watches him write

something down, he slides it to Kelly.

FLASH - MEASURE "NECKLACE" OF BRUISES ON HELEN'S NECK

DETECTIVE KELLY (V.O.)

Your wife was loaded wasn't she? I mean, she was worth quite

a bit of money.

BACK TO SCENE:

Kimble looks up at the two cops. For the first time he seems

to sense something aggressive in their questioning.

They no longer seem on the same team.

KIMBLE:

What's going on here? This guy was

trying to rob us.

The two cops stare at Kimble.

KIMBLE:

You guys have got to be out of your

minds. I didn't kill my wife!

He gets up to go. A cop blocks his path. He turns and looks

at Kelly.

DETECTIVE KELLY:

Let's start over, Dr. Kimble. What'd

you have for breakfast?

CUT TO:

INT. 11TH ST. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

Kimble in his tuxedo shirt and black tie holds a booking

number plate in front of him as a mug shot is taken...

front, then side.

MAN (V.O.)

We're all adults here so I'll lay it

out...

EXT. NEWSSTAND - DAY

Chicago Sun-Times has a photograph of Kimble spread across

the front page.

MAN (V.O.)

... If you two come up with a deal,

I'll listen, but let me make one

thing perfectly clear.

INT. ELECTRONICS SUPERSTORE - DAY

Salesmen continue to hawk sets. Kimble's photograph comes

up on a hundred TV monitors across the store.

NEWS REPORTER (V.O.)

Police are revealing no details in

the case against Chicago surgeon...

INT. KIMBLE'S CELL - DAY

Kimble lays on his bunk. Thinking...

MAN (V.O.)

... It's an election year...

INT. JUDGE'S CHAMBERS - DAY

CAMERA MOVES THROUGH smoke-fillet room to find tough FEMALE

PROSECUTOR, a man in late forties, WALTER GUTHERIE, and STOPS

ON the source of the voice we've been hearing and the cigar:

JUDGE BENNETT, late fifties. Fair but, no nonsense, political

survivor.

JUDGE BENNETT:

... and this case is a heater. It

will not end up a bench trial...

INT. COOK COUNTY JAIL - CORRIDOR - DAY

Richard Kimble in County lockup fatigues and a navy watch cap

moves down long corridor, escorted by GUARD.

GUTHERIE (V.O.)

We've had private investigators

interview over a hundred amputees,

Richard...

INT. PRISON INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY

Walter Gutherie, his attorney, stands by a window looking

out at the yard. Another attorney, RANDOLPH, watches

Gutherie.

GUTHERIE:

... We can't find this guy.

KIMBLE:

I know what I saw, Walter.

GUTHERIE:

I put you up on the stand to say what

you saw without anything that

remotely smells like proof and the

State's attorney is going to take

this one-armed man story and run it

up our ass.

(he holds Kimble's look)

Look, Richard, you're paying us a

lot of money to defend you... A plea

to second degree -

KIMBLE:

I didn't kill my wife.

INT. COOK COUNTY JAIL - DAY

Kimble being escorted back to the courtroom. A guard carries

his suit in a bag. He is taunted by other prisoners.

GUTHERIE (V.O.)

You're a successful upper middle

class white man charged in a

violent crime...

INT. COOK COUNTY LOCKUP / CHANGE ROOM - DAY

On the other side of the door is the courtroom. A sheriff's

deputy hands Kimble (now wearing his suit), a small plastic

bag. In it we see his wedding band.

GUTHERIE (V.O.)

It's a circumstantial case, but it's

also a jury trial. We play 'em, they

play 'em...

INT. CHICAGO COURTROOM - DAY

Richard Kimble sits at defense table... watches prosecutors

chat with Helen's relatives. Media anchors glare at him.

GUTHERIE (V.O.)

... But if we lose, we lose big.

Just remember, they're lined up a

block long to have your hide.

HARD CUT TO:

PHOTOGRAPH OF HELEN KIMBLE'S BODY

A crime scene photograph.

DETECTIVE KELLY:

On the stand.

DETECTIVE KELLY:

No forcible entry was found. From

the beginning of the investigation,

it did not appear to be a break-in.

Nothing was missing.

FORENSICS TECHNICIAN

On the stand.

FORENSICS TECHNICIAN

The defendant's prints were found on

the neck, gun, bullets, and lamp...

no other sets were fount other than

the deceased.

FACES OF THE JURY

Impassive. Attentive. His "peers." They listen to the

recording of the 911 tape.

911 (V.O.)

Did I hear you right? Your attacker

is still in the house? Ma'am?

HELEN (V.O.)

He's trving to kill me...

911 (V.O.)

Will you repeat that please?

HELEN (V.O.)

Richard... He's trying to kill me...

KIBLE'S POV - THE JURY

A few members lean over to make notes. It's powerful taken

out of context.

NICHOLS ON THE STAND

PROSECUTOR:

Dr. Nichols. You are aware that

Richard Kimble was the only

beneficiary of Helen Kimble's estate.

12 million dollars roughly.

NICHOLS:

I was aware of that. The money meant

nothing to him.

PROSECUTOR:

Yet in your presence, Richard Kimble

once said that 'if he had Helen's

money he could find plenty of uses.'

Did he not?

NICHOLS:

We were talking about -

PROSECUTOR:

Yes or no?

Nichols' look tells us everything... Yes.

CUT TO:

CORONER:

On the stand.

CORONER:

The wound to the head caused a

massive hemorrhage to the brain. It

took from five to seven minutes for

her to die...

A woman in the jury reacts. Kimble notices.

KIMBLE:

On the stand. He finishes his moving description of the

events. We see some of the jury has been moved.

KIMBLE:

... And I was holding her when the

officers came in.

Gutherie returns to his seat. The Prosecutor moves to the

jury. He begins slowly but his questions pick up strength.

PROSECUTOR:

How tall was this man, Dr. Kimble?

KIMBLE:

I can't be sure. We were, mostly on

the floor, fighting... I couldn't -

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