"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 "Terror at High Point" and was first broadcast on December 17, 1963. Dr. Kimble, as Paul Beaumont, is working in the office of a road construction firm located in a remote part of Utah. The office head engineer is Buck Harmon, who is married to Ruth Harmon. One character throws a silver dollar into a pond and a silver 1925 Peace dollar obverse is shown in the water.

The program is set at a remote highway construction office in Utah. The fugitive Dr. Kimble, using the name Paul Beaumont, is working in the office. Buck Harmon has a college degree in engineering and is the manager of the office and the workers.

Buck recognizes Paul as a "college man" and wonders why Paul is working at a low paying job. Two Utah Highway Patrolmen come by to talk and Buck sees Paul hide and now really wonders about who Paul really is. Jamie, a mentally retarded young man, works at odd jobs for the camp including as a water carrier. Buck's wife Ruth persuaded her husband to give Jamie a job and Ruth has been trying to teach Jamie to read. Some of the workers make fun of Jamie, especially Dan Murray, a really nasty guy.

Dan calls Jamie over.

The silver dollar lands in a pond.

The obverse is shown of a 1925 silver dollar of the Peace variety, minted from 1921 to 1935. At the time of this program (1963) silver dollars circulated in the western states and were used in the gambling casinos of Nevada. Jamie leans over the pond to pick up the coin and Dan kicks him.

Jamie walks away, Paul punches Dan, and then picks up the coin.

Paul talks to Jamie a little bit.

Buck Harmon has been married to Ruth for seven years.

Ruth would like to have children but Buck is opposed to having a family. Buck does not like Jamie hanging around Ruth and tells her that his brother was retarded and that as a youngster Buck had to take care of him. Buck is afraid that he carries something that would produce a retarded child. He also warns Ruth that Jamie might become dangerous to her. Later Ruth walks near some resting workers who watch her walk.

Dan makes some remarks about her looks and implies that he wanted her when she married Buck. That night a man comes into the Harmon's trailer while Ruth is taking a shower and assaults her. The Highway Patrol is called and Buck goes to the trailer to comfort Ruth.

Ruth can not identify the man but another wife saw Jamie outside the trailer. Jamie climbs up a nearby hill and Dan offers to lead a group of men to chase him.

Paul climbs up the hill and convinces Jamie to come down. Paul then suggests that Ruth probably left marks on her attacker. Jamie rolls up his sleeves revealing no marks but Dan has scratch marks on his arm.

Men hold Buck to keep him from attacking Dan who is arrested. Buck tells his wife that Paul Beaumont, before leaving, revealed himself to be a doctor and told him that it was safe for him to father children.

Buck tells Ruth that he is now willing to have children.

David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble / Paul Beaumont
Barry Morse as Lt. Philip Gerard (Does not appear in this episode)
Jack Klugman as Buck Harmon
Elizabeth Allen as Ruth Harmon
Buck Taylor as Jamie
James Best as Dan Murray
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writers: Peter Germano, Harry Kronman