Episode cast overview: | |||
David Janssen | ... | Dr. Richard Kimble / Stu Watkins | |
Earl Holliman | ... | Charley Judd | |
Collin Wilcox Paxton | ... | Laura McElvey (as Collin Wilcox) | |
Bruce Dern | ... | Hank | |
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Michael Witney | ... | Roy |
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Erik Holland | ... | Wally |
Barry Morse | ... | Lt. Philip Gerard |
Kimble is arrested in a play arrest, which soon turns real at an annual town celebration in which Marshal Judd tries to hide him from Lt. Gerard, with the aid of his much put off fiancée Laura, to collect a suspected reward for Kimball's capture.
Lieutenant Gerard and the State Police are closing in on Kimble, who just barely gets away. Kimble stumbles into Drover City, Montana, where the town is celebrating a Vigilante Roundup. During the Roundup, anyone in town not wearing western clothes, including a western hat, is considered an "outlaw" subject to "arrest" by townspeople who compete for prizes for the most arrests. Kimble gets arrested by Hank the deputy, played by actor Bruce Dern, and is housed with the other outlaws in the high school gym.
Gerard gets to Drover City and meets up with Sheriff Judd, played by actor Earl Holliman (who played on Police Woman). Judd is lazy, greedy, selfish, inattentive to duty, and occasionally shows sympathy for the accused; in other words, he is everything Lieutenant Gerard is not. Naturally, Gerard and Judd come into conflict.
Kimble must exploit the differences between Gerard and Judd, as well as Judd's girlfriend, in order to win his freedom.