The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins. It was produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 1963 to August 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to receive the death penalty. En route to death row, Dr. Richard Kimble's train derails over a switch, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man" (played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded
Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series) in particular, there is some connection to the Jean Cocteau's 1946 French film, "La Belle et la Bête". George R.R. Martin, who would later write the "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series, was a writer and producer on the show. In 2004 and 2007, "Beauty and the Beast" was ranked #14 and #17, respectively, on "TV Guide"'s Top Cult Shows Ever. Catherine Chandler (played by Linda Hamilton) is abducted, beaten, slashed and left to die in Central Park because she was inadvertently mistaken for somebody else. She is rescued and cared for by Vincent (played by Ron Perlman)