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The Fugitive

Probably Unanswerable Questions

DNA evidence; surviving the dam jump; Charlie's money; how Kimble lived on the run; Gerard's search strategy; missing character witnesses

In the discussion (6)
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  • The movie was pre-OJ; DNA evidence would clear Kimble within about a week, though the scratch is raised as a complication.
  • Would anyone survive the dam waterfall jump? No, and he comes out better, as if finishing a triathlon.
  • How much money did Charlie give him, given that he immediately rents a home, buys clothes and eats fresh fruit.
  • The weeks of Kimble surviving on the run are yada-yada'd: how did he eat and where did he sleep.
  • Why couldn't master marshal Gerard catch a man limping in a straight line along a river for three days.
  • A late question: Kimble is a saintly man who never kills anyone, so where were the character witnesses at his trial.