The Fugitive (TV Series)

Nightmare at Northoak (1963)

Barry Morse: Lt. Philip Gerard

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• Dr. Richard Kimble : [in his cell, talking through the bars to Gerard]  You make yourself believe that being a fugitive has done something to my mind. You're forgetting that my story's exactly the same now as it was the night of the murder.

  Lt. Philip Gerard : And it was and is a lie.

  Dr. Richard Kimble : [angrily]  Are you so godlike that because you couldn't find a one-armed man you don't believe he exists?

  Lt. Philip Gerard : I've done everything humanly possible to find him!

  Dr. Richard Kimble : [studies Gerard for a moment]  I think you have. I wonder why.

  Lt. Philip Gerard : It's my job.

  Dr. Richard Kimble : It's also a curse, isn't it, Gerard? You know, I think you have nightmares too. Your nightmare is that when I'm dead you'll find him.

  [Gerard's jaw tightens slightly, then he turns to leave] 

  Dr. Richard Kimble : What are YOU running from, Gerard?

• Wilma Springer : Lieutenant... did he kill his wife?

  Lt. Philip Gerard : The law says he did.

  Wilma Springer : That's not what I mean. Did he really kill her?

  Lt. Philip Gerard : The law says he's guilty. I enforce the law.

  Wilma Springer : What's right is right.

  Lt. Philip Gerard : I suppose you could put it as simply as that.

  Wilma Springer : I have. All my life.

• Dr. Richard Kimble : It's all very easy for you, Gerard, black and white.

  Lt. Philip Gerard : Yes, it has to be. Which gives you the advantage. Any disguise you choose. Hero to a whole town.

  Dr. Richard Kimble : Saving kids from a burning bus. That's a disguise.

• Sheriff Al Springer : Did he eat much, Ernie?

  Deputy Ernie : A little.

  [Gerard inspects the food tray that has just come from Kimble's cell] 

  Deputy Ernie : Oh don't worry, Lieutenant. I made sure he didn't keep the spoon.

  Lt. Philip Gerard : [Smiling]  Hardly the suicide type.

• [in a nightmare sequence, Richard Kimble is cornered in an alley by Lt. Gerard] 

  Lt. Philip Gerard : [betraying sadistic pleasure as he draws his gun]  Finally, Kimble. Finally.

  Narrator : [as Kimble looks at Gerard in terror]  This is Richard Kimble's recurring nightmare, and each time he awakens he wonders if he will awaken in the greater nightmare of reality.

  [Gerard shoots Kimble, which startles him awake, back in reality]