Everybody Gets Hit in the Mouth Sometime 

While working as a dispatcher for a small trucking company, Kimble deals with it's owner and his guilty secret with a troubled woman.

Director:

Alexander Singer

Writers:

Jack Turley, Roy Huggins (created by)

Stars:

David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Geraldine Brooks

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Janssen	...	Dr. Richard Kimble / Bill Douglas
Jack Klugman	...	Gus Hendricks
Geraldine Brooks	...	Lucia Mayfield
Michael Constantine	...	Ernie Svoboda
Barry Atwater	...	Cleve Logan (as G.B. Atwater)
Barry Morse	...	Lt. Philip Gerard (credit only)
Jimmy Stiles	...	Jimmy Mayfield
Tracy Stratford	...	Lucy Mayfield
Kathleen O'Malley	...	Receptionist
John Mayo	...	Mr. Williams
K.L. Smith	...	Pete
Marlowe Jensen	...	Sgt. Fountain
James Devine	...	Gas station attendant

Storyline

Kimble's a dispatcher at a Colorado trucking company. He also keeps track of the truckers' hours. Gus, the owner, has a reputation for working his drivers and himself past the legally allowed driving hours because he needs money. He's supporting a widow and her two children out of guilt because her husband died in a truck accident while working for Gus. Soon, the lonely widow learns that Kimble is single and becomes predictably infatuated. Meanwhile, Gus is so short of money that he can't afford the insurance premium on his trucks and he's in danger of losing his business. Gus gets an offer to commit insurance fraud to make a quick buck. He's tempted because then he can get his business back on track and get rid of the widow with one big payoff. Kimble likes Gus and tries to talk him out of it. Later, he learns that the authorities suspect something and rushes to warn Gus.

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Plot Keywords:

lonely widow | truck | truck accident | truck driver | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Quotes

Narrator: [Epilog Closing Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble boarding a bus labeled "Southern Colorado Lines" with a destination of Denver] Justice can be delivered by a final act of violence, or it can be elusive and taunting as it has become for Richard Kimble. For him justice hides around the next bend in the road, beyond the next mountain, on the bus just pulling out. Somewhere, sometime, he will it. And so, he moves on.

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Soundtracks

Theme from The Fugitive
Music by Pete Rugolo

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Plot summary

Kimble works for a trucking company run by Gus Hendricks (actor Jack Klugman). Gus is a poor businessman and is in financial trouble. In addition, Lucia (actress Geraldine Brooks) is always asking for a handout. Gus feels responsible for her and her children because of the circumstances under which her husband died while in his employ.

Gus is tempted by an offer from sleazy criminal Ernie Svoboda (actor Michael Constantine) to commit insurance fraud. At the same time, an insurance company investigator is bothered by Gus's claims record and is poking around. Gus is being squeezed on all sides, and Kimble is caught up as well.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 1965 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Halfway House Cafe - 15564 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Quinn Martin Productions (QM), United Artists Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1