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The Fugitive - The One That Got Away (1967)
Angry wife throws rare coins into the water including an 1894 dime
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"The Fugitive" was a one-hour television program which ran on the ABC television network from 1963 to 1967.
 
Dr. Richard Kimble is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and escapes from a train carrying him to a prison. He wanders the country searching for the "real killer", a one-armed man. He is pursued by police Lt. Gerard, however Lt. Gerard does not appear in this episode.
 
This episode is titled "The One That Got Away" and was first broadcast on January 11, 1967.
 
Dr. Kimble, using the name Bill March, is working on a boat near San Diego, California. Felice Greer hires the boat to take her to Mexico where she is to meet her husband Oliver Greer, an American who stole $250,000 several years ago and has been living in Mexico.
 
Ralph Schuyler is an American police officer who is placed on the boat as the captain as the authorities believe that Felice is taking the money to her husband. Felice has discovered that her husband has another wife and becomes very angry.
 
Felice is shown naming rare coins while she throws them into the water.
 
The Fugitive
1. Program title
For men who go down to the sea in ships, time ashore is precious - measured in minutes. For this man, it is measured in apprehension and danger. His name is Richard Kimble; he's a fugitive.
 
Felice Greer meets Bill March (Dr. Richard Kimble).
 
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2. Felice meets Bill March
Later she meets police agent Ralph Schuyler who is the new captain of the boat, supposedly the actual captain had a family emergency.
 
The Fugitive
3. Felice meets Ralph Schuyler
The boat heads for Mexico and a fire onboard injures Schuyler, who has learned March's real identity. Felice sends March to the hotel where her husband Oliver Greer is staying.
 
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4. March at the hotel
He encounters a different "Mrs. Greer" and also picks up a note meant for Schuyler with March's identity as the fugitive Dr. Kimble.
 
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5. Oliver Greer's second wife
Oliver Greer comes to the boat to meet his wife Felice leading to a happy reunion, at first. Felice tells him that she converted the $250,000 to rare coins and brought them in a purse. She explains that they look like ordinary change.
 
The Fugitive
6. Felice meets Oliver
Ralph Schuyler pulls a gun and tells the pair and March that the Mexican police are coming to take them to hand them over to the American police. March tells Felice about the second wife; she becomes upset and throws one of the coins into the water.
 
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7. Felice throws the first coin
Felice recites the coin's value "1894 Liberty Head Dime, $12,500."
 
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8. Splash
Oliver comes up with a story about the other woman which Felice doesn't believe.
 
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9. Felice shows the second coin
The second coin goes into the water, "1875 Philadelphia three dollar gold coin, $19,000." Oliver comes up with a more far out explanation for the girlfriend and the rest of the coins go into the water.
 
The Mexican police arrive, but Dr. Kimble manages to get away. The others are taken to the hotel in town.
 
The Fugitive
10. Felice and Oliver busted
Felice tells Schuyler that he can hire some Mexican boys who dive for coins to find the ones she tossed.
 
Dr. Kimble is still a fugitive.
 
Somewhere back across the border is a one-armed man. Until he is found, there can be no reprieve from fear. Richard Kimble remains what he is today: a fugitive.
Cast, Directors, Writers:
 
David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble / Bill March
Barry Morse as Lt. Philip Gerard (Does not appear in this episode)
Anne Francis as Felice Greer
Charles Drake as Oliver Greer
Charles Bronson as Ralph Schuyler
 
Director: Leo Penn
Writers: Philip Saltzman, Harry Kronman
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