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Favorite Line

posted 12 years ago by manage-932-700755
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Actually, this line was said not by one of the actors, but by the announcer closing one of the the episodes: "A Long night for Richard Kimble. But for a fugitive, the nights are always the longest."

[–] manage-932-700755 12 years ago

I didn't realize the announcer (narrator) was William Conrad, who played the detective "Cannon" in the series of the 60s, which I think had the same name. So he was the one who said my favorite line- indicated above.

Here it is again. "A long night for Richard Kimble. But for a fugitive, the nights are always the longest."

[–] C-Cat 12 years ago

If you can't fix it, fix it so nobody else can either!

One of mine, and I don't know what episode, is when Gerard is in some small town on the hunt and the local sherrif says words to the effect: "You said he was a killler" and Gerard shoots back: "I didn't say he was a killer, the jury did!"

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[–] marthakirk 11 years ago

Kimble has been shot in the shoulder and is in a hospital room when Gerard walks in with a gloating smile on his face and tells Kimble he will be taking him back to Indiana the next day. The normally meek Kimble's sarcastic reply: "How? Are you going to strap me to the hood of your car?" Love it!

[–] edestci 10 years ago

Peggy Franklyn: Joe ?
Dr.Kimble: Yep !
Peggy Franklyn:...Would you do me a favor ?
Dr.Kimble:..Oh,Depends !
Peggy Franklyn:...You kiss me !

[–] liquidgardener 10 years ago

Gerard to Fred Johnson: "DID YOU KILL HELEN KIMBLE?????" (Gerard now coming unglued that in fact Kimble was telling the truth after all)

BTW....William Conrad is not only the narrator here, but was the narrator voice for "Rocky & Bullwinkle" :)

[–] mulroon02 10 years ago

Gerard: "10 cents (picking up a newspaper) He'll never get a better bargain than that!", from The 2130, after Kimble read that he was being tracked.

[–] movieghoul 10 years ago

Actually, the guy with the paper says "He paid me a dollar for it" (exorbitant at the time) and Gererd says "That's the best dollar he'll ever spend".

[–] ynot-16 8 years ago

The guy who let him read the paper said "He gave me a dime for it." Gerard says "10 cents. He'll never get a better bargain than that."

[–] Movie_Buff_2 8 years ago

Two of my favorite lines from the series:

From "Landscapes with Running Figures Part 1"
- Gerard: Sargent, what about those bins? (pointing to garbage disposal bins)
Sargent: Well, those are just regular bins. It's not likely he'd hide in there.
Gerard: (frustrated) *Not* *Likely*. Is that your considered opinion?

From "The Judgment Part 2"
- Narrator: "Tuesday, August 29th. The day the running stopped." (nicely summed up)