The Fugitive (Twilight Zone)
| "The Fugitive" | |
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |
Scene from "The Fugitive" with Old Ben and Jenny.
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 25 |
| Directed by | Richard L. Bare |
| Written by | Charles Beaumont |
| Featured music | Stock |
| Production code | 4816 |
| Original air date | March 9, 1962 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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J. Pat O'Malley: Old Ben |
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J. Pat O'Malley: Old Ben
Susan Gordon: Jenny
Nancy Kulp: Mrs. Gann
Wesley Lau: First Pursuer
Paul Tripp: Second Pursuer
Russ Bender: Doctor
Stephen Talbot: Howie Gutliff
Johnny Eiman: Pitcher
"The Fugitive" is episode 90 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
At a public park, a group of children are playing softball with Old Ben, an elderly but playful gentleman. When it is Old Ben's turn at bat, he hits the ball over the fence and out of sight. When they play "Spaceman", Old Ben takes on the form of a nightmarish, shelled monster. The kids are accustomed to Old Ben's supernatural abilities, referring to them as his "magic".
Old Ben's favorite of the children is Jenny. He carries Jenny home (she walks with a leg brace), where she lives with her abrasively unsympathetic aunt, Agnes Gann. As they approach the rowhouse, Ben causes his roller skates to dematerialize. This phenomenon is observed by two men who are watching the house from across the street. They enter the apartment building, identify themselves as police, and question Agnes about Ben. Jenny overhears the conversation and limps upstairs to Old Ben's apartment to warn him. Old Ben takes on the form of a mouse, fooling the men into thinking he has left his apartment.
Jenny takes the "mouse" back to her room. Old Ben tells Jenny that he is an alien from another planet, and that his appearance is only a disguise, as he is a fugitive from justice. Old Ben says he must flee to another planet, but before departing he uses a device to heal Jenny's leg. The two strangers run into Jenny walking down the stairs without her brace. They recognize Old Ben's handiwork, but Jenny refuses to tell them anything. One of the men uses a device to make Jenny deathly ill, using her as bait for Ben.
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