Wife Killer

Journalistin Barbara Webb schreibt über den Kimble-Mordfall. Dank des Artikels findet Richard Kimble den Mörder seiner Frau und will seine eigene Unschuld beweisen. Der Mann flieht und wird bei einem Unfall verletzt. Schließlich gesteht er den Mord, ist jedoch zu schwach, um das Geständnis zu unterschreiben. Kurzerhand fälscht Barbara die Unterschrift und bringt Kimble damit in große Gefahr. (Text: Premiere)

Reporter Barbara Webb spots Fred Johnson, the one-armed man, in a police roundup of suspicious character during a murder investigation. Calling to mind the Kimble case with her publisher boss Herb Malone, Barbara takes a photo of Johnson and publishes it in the local newspaper. The image of the one-armed man draws both Kimble and Gerard to the town. While Gerard waits for Kimble to show up at the police station, the fugitive is outside and sees Johnson in the jail courtyard. But the one-armed man spots Kimble and escapes from the jail and steals a getaway car. Barbara spots Kimble and tells him to get in her car as they chase after the one-armed man. During the chase down a winding mountain road, the one-armed man's car crashes, and Kimble has to tend to Johnson's injuries knowing that he's the only one to clear Kimble of his wife's murder. Unable to speak because of a head injury, Johnson nodds when Kimble asks if he murdered Helen. While Kimble rests, Barbara types a confession paper