Q 01/05

Who plays Dr. Richard Kimble in the 1993 film The Fugitive?

A) Michael Douglas

B) Alec Baldwin

C) Harrison Ford

D) Kevin Costner

Answer · why

C) Harrison Ford

All three of the other names were auditioned or considered for the part before Ford took it.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the Deputy U.S. Marshal who leads the hunt for Kimble in the film?

A) Philip Gerard

B) Cosmo Renfro

C) Charles Nichols

D) Samuel Gerard

Answer · why

D) Samuel Gerard

The TV series' Gerard was a police lieutenant named Philip; the film renamed him Samuel and made him a marshal.

Q 03/05

What kind of surgeon is Richard Kimble in the film?

A) Neurological

B) Cardiothoracic

C) Vascular

D) Orthopaedic

Answer · why

C) Vascular

The TV-series Kimble was a small-town paediatrician; the film made him a Chicago vascular specialist.

Q 04/05

Kimble escapes custody after the prison bus crashes into the path of what?

A) A fuel tanker

B) A river

C) A police roadblock

D) An oncoming train

Answer · why

D) An oncoming train

The wreck was filmed for real, in a single take, using a locomotive with its engine removed.

Q 05/05

Who directed the 1993 film?

A) Wolfgang Petersen

B) Jan de Bont

C) Andrew Davis

D) Tony Scott

Answer · why

C) Andrew Davis

Davis had shot several earlier films in Chicago, which is why Ford pushed to film there.