- Narrator: [Opening Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble running in the back country, as a Sheriff's posse closes in] To Richard Kimble, the laws of society are threatening. For society has judged him guilty of breaking its laws and ruled that he be punished unto death. But there are other societies within our more conventional one with laws no less threatening, no less extreme when punishing those who violate its code.
- Narrator: [Closing Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble riding on the back of a motorcycle as he again escapes] For some, the future is a limitless vista, bright and shining and full of hope. For Richard Kimble, the future, like the past, is a recurring nightmare in which hope is a cynic's smile.