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The Fugitive

1993 film directed by Andrew Davis
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Summary

The Fugitive is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,241 views/month, #611 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[3]
  • Director: Andrew Davis[4]
  • Screenwriter: Jeb Stuart[5], David Twohy[6], Roy Huggins[7]
  • Composer: James Newton Howard[8]
  • Genre: crime film[9], action film[10], thriller film[11], detective film[12]
  • Based on: The Fugitive[13]
  • Followed by: U.S. Marshals[14]
  • Cast member: Harrison Ford[15], Tommy Lee Jones[16], Jeroen Krabbé[17], Joe Pantoliano[18], Sela Ward[19], Julianne Moore[20], Andreas Katsulas[21], Daniel Roebuck[22], L. Scott Caldwell[23], Tom Wood[24], Jane Lynch[25], Andy Romano[26], John Drummond[27], Kirsten Nelson[28]
  • Producer: Arnold Kopelson[29]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[30], Warner Bros. Pictures[31]
  • Director of photography: Michael Chapman (cinematographer)[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 8/10[35], 96%[36], 87/100[37], 7.8/10[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40]
  • Publication date: August 6, 1993[41], September 16, 1993[42]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[43], Netflix[44]
  • Narrative location: Chicago[45]
  • Official website: http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/home-entertainment/the-fugitive/4bab88e9-e878-4c69-ad37-a306c8d53398.html[46], https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/fugitive[47]
  • Filming location: Chicago[48], North Carolina[49]
  • Main subject: Chicago Police Department[50]
  • Film editor: Don Brochu[51]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[52], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[53], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[54], Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[55], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[56], Academy Award for Best Original Score[57], Academy Award for Best Sound[58]
  • Executive producer: Roy Huggins[59]

Why It Matters

The Fugitive has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

FAQs

What awards did The Fugitive receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[3].

Related Entities

film Harrison Ford James Newton Howard Jane Lynch Jeroen Krabbé Joe Pantoliano Julianne Moore Neil Flynn Netflix North Carolina Sela Ward Tommy Lee Jones United States U.S. Marshals

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . filmstarts.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [17] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [20] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [23] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [27] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Movieplayer.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et',
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  2. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → Film/TheFugitive1993
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 18054
    Official website → http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/home-entertainment/the-fugi, https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/fugitive
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  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 1993 film directed by Andrew Davis
    Imfdb id → The_Fugitive_(1993)
    Publication date → +1993-08-06T00:00:00Z, +1993-09-16T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Jeb Stuart, David Twohy, Roy Huggins
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