The Fugitive/Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet

Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet
Season 2, Episode 18
Airdate	January 19, 1965
Production Number	218
Written by	Jack Turley
Directed by	Sutton Roley
Produced by	Alan A. Armer
← 2x17 The End Is but the Beginning	2x19 → Fun and Games and Party Favors
The Fugitive — Season Two

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Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet is the eighteenth episode of the second season of The Fugitive, and the forty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: David Janssen (The Fugitive)

Guest Stars: Pat Hingle (Sheriff Joe Bob Sims), Mary Murphy (Thelma Hollister)

Co-Starring: Dabney Coleman (Floyd Pierce), Tom Skerritt (Neely Hollister)

Also Starring: Barry Morse (Lt. Gerard) (credit only)

with Curt Conway (Mister Hollister), Dabbs Greer (Mayor Duncan), Chet Stratton (Driver), Burt Mustin (Charley), Kevin Brodie (Johnny), Read Morgan (Highway Patrolman)

Plot Overview

In a small town in Arizona, Kimble is arrested on a minor charge and put on hard labor, along with another prisoner, by blustery Sheriff Joe Bob Sims. Neely, the other prisoner, realizes that Sims is only using them to clear land for a city park in his name and taunts him, leading to Sims killing him and Kimble witnessing the murder.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

Episode writer Jack Turley got in trouble with the Writers Guild when he dusted this script off and submitted it as an episode of The Immortal entitled "The Rainbow Butcher".