The Fugitive (TV Series) The White Knight (1966) User Reviews

No good deed goes unpunished!

[planktonrules · 8/10 · 27 April 2017]

When the story begins, Richard Kimble is working as a delivery man. However, this is no ordinary day as he sees a small airplane crash! Thinking fast, he pulls the man and lady out of the wreckage and then, in fugitive fashion, he disappears. But Glenn Madison (Steven Hill) wants to find the white knight who rescued him...as he's very grateful. He's also a very important man who could be the state's next senator. As for the female passenger, Pat (Jessica Walter) wants to find him because the man next to her in the plane was NOT her husband! Regardless, Kimble just wants to be left alone in order to maintain his anonymity. But when the police close in, Kimble is forced to hide at Madison's home...which is a problem because bad things are going to start happening there!

It's hard to imagine a politician like Madison--a man who cheats on his wife, manipulates others and is 100% selfish. No wait...he's easy to believe, isn't he?! And that delicious evilness is what makes this an episode to watch and enjoy!

Good Woman, Bad Choice

[mduggan-706-994042 · 8/10 · 11 June 2010]

Richard Kimble rescues a politician, Glenn Madison, and a woman from an airplane before it explodes. The plot centers on the illicit relationship between the politician and the woman, who turns out to be the wife of the politician's loyal aid, Russ Haynes. The story presents Mrs. Haynes as a good woman who was manipulated and seduced by a man with no scruples.

Kimble not only rescues the couple, he also agrees not to divulge the presence of the woman. Mrs. Madison, who has long since turned to alcohol, doesn't buy the story that there was no woman in the plane, and she wants to know who it was.

Madison wants Kimble gone so that the secret of his affair will be safe. After a while he also wants to get rid of Mrs. Madison, who threatens to divorce him and thereby end his political aspirations. Then he wants to get rid of his loyal assistant so that the way will be cleared for him to be together with Mrs. Haynes, who is guilt-ridden over betraying her husband.

Kimble tries to avoid identification given rash of publicity, and then wonders whom he can trust in this next of vipers.

Plot summary

[ynot-16 · 9/10 · 12 January 2007]

Kimble, driving a delivery truck, witnesses the crash of a small plane in a remote area. He saves the lives of the man and woman who were on the plane, then drives off to call for help.

Unfortunately for Kimble, the man he saved is politician Glenn Madison, played by actor Steven Hill. His chief of staff Russ Haynes (actor James T. Callahan) decides it will be a good idea to publicize the mystery good samaritan and offer a reward. This poses a problem because Glenn is a married man and was traveling on the plane with Pat (actress Jessica Walter) instead of his wife Claire (actress Nancy Wickwire). Claire, a former beauty who is now a habitual drunk, has long suspected her husband of fooling around with other women.

Police, including Lt. Mooney (actor Ted Knight), bring in a sketch artist to draw the face of the rescuer, which appears in the newspaper. Russ tracks down Kimble, unaware that his boss would rather not have Kimble come forward where he might answer embarrassing questions. Meanwhile, Sgt. Evers (actor Robert DoQui) starts investigating based on his feeling he has seen the rescuer's face before, perhaps on a wanted poster. The involvement of the police, the plotting of Glenn, Pat and Claire, and the good intentions of Russ all pose severe danger to Kimble.

3/22/66 "The White Knight"

[schappe1 · 5 December 2015]

Exactly a month before this, Kimble had to deal with a gubernatorial candidate and his disaffected wife. This time it's a senatorial candidate and his disaffected wife. Kimble is driving a truck on a deserted highway when he sees a small plane crash. It's not much of a crash and he's able to pull the two passengers out, none the worse for wear except the man has a broken leg. The man is played by Stephen Hill, six months before he became the first head of the IMF on "Mission Impossible". (This episode moves at the pace of an MI episode but is considerably less convincing.) The woman is his mistress, played by Jessica Walter.

Kimble is able to stabilize the leg and generally patch them up but slips way before he can interviewed by the police. The scene then shifts to the man's house where we find he's running for the Senate, that his wife, (Nancy Wickwire) is a cynical drunk and that his mistress is the wife of his loyal assistant and publicity man, (James Callahan). Callahan decides promoting their rescuer as a hero would be good publicity for the campaign and brings in a reluctant Kimble.

Hill becomes still another self-interested temporary ally of Kimble: he doesn't want him to reveal who was with him in the plane and wants him out of there. Even when he finds out Kimble is a convicted murderer his priorities remain the same. But Hill's wife finds out about Walter and who Kimble is and decides to call the police. Hill argues with her and, from his sickbed, manages to accidentally kill her. (So he's now a wife murderer, himself.) He then decides to frame Kimble for her death, then gets Callahan to go after Kimble with a gun to gain revenge for him.

Doc just can't have a quiet, uneventful day

[jsinger-58969 · 7/10 · 27 February 2023]

Dick has still another job driving a truck when he sees a small plane go down. So, of course, he heroically rescues both people before the plane explodes. The woman is basically unharmed, but the guy has a broken leg and some internal injuries. Dick patches him up and disappears. The guy turns out to be a candidate for senator and the woman is the wife of his campaign manager. The grateful politician puts out a reward for the missing hero, and although Dick could use the money, he doesn't come forward. He also doesn't leave the area even though there is a sketch of his face on the front page. And this sketch causes the cops to ID the fugitive, but for some reason, Gerard is not notified. Anyways, the politician, Glenn, seems like a nice guy, but he is, after all, a politician. His wife has been driven to drink, his manager has no idea that Glenn is fooling around with his wife, and all of this has to hit the fan. Anyways, Glenn, in his sick bed, pushes his wife who bumps her head and dies. He sends Dick on his way in the middle of the night, and then tells his unsuspecting manager that Kimble killed the woman and manipulates him into taking off to kill him. So he eliminates his wife and manager and gets to keep his mistress. And his career. Meanwhile, Dick drives off without any sense of urgency for some reason, and the mistress, who is portrayed as a victim of the charming Glenn, calls the car's phone to warn Dick that her husband is coming with bad intentions. Good thing that car had a phone. Dick proceeds to wreck the car but fortunately is not at all injured. He gives the phone to the guy before the guy can shoot him, and peace is made. The marriage is apparently saved, Glenn is apparently ruined, and Richard Kimble is definitely still.....a fugitive.