The quality of the guest stars is always impressive in this series. This episode boasts Steve Forrest and English actor Laurence Naismith as co-owners of a run-down zoo and animal show where Ki!mble finds employment. However, Lieutenant Gerard is quickly on the scene when Kimble is seen in the vicinity. After being shown a wanted poster, the manager (Forrest) sees an opportunity to capitalise on the publicity resu!ting from Kimble's arrest at the zoo. But, for the moment he stays silent. Needless to say, his partner hss different ideas about creatures in captivity which is ultimately to Kimble's advantage.when Naismith releases his beloved tiger Jaipur to create confusion and panic.
One scene is positively Hitchcockian. Gerard is sitting talking by a window in the manager's office. Outside, Kimble is carrying meal sacks from an outbuilding and putting them onto a wheelbarow. Though periodically glancing out of the window, Gerard fails to see his quarry, with Kimble either in the shed, or with his back to the camera.. The final naibiter is when Kimble wheels the truck out of shot just as Gerard turns to look again. Suspense!
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Plot summary
ynot-1611 February 2009
Unknown to Kimble, the police are hot on his trail, after a policeman saw him get on a bus. Kimble seeks a job at Jungleland, a small town circus in Morgantown, Nebraska featuring animal attractions. It is run by Major Alan Fielding (actor Laurence Naismith), an animal trainer who performs with a tiger, and Harry Craft (actor Steve Forrest), the somewhat shady business manager. Kimble, using the name Nick Peters, gets a job doing minor chores such as cleaning cages and feeding animals.
Unfortunately, the business is not going well, and Craft tells Fielding he will have to sell Jaipur, his favorite tiger. Fielding loves the tiger, and considers him the top attraction, and strongly opposes this move. Craft tells him it is too late, the deal is done.
When Lt. Gerard arrives with Kimble's photo, Craft falsely tells Gerard he has not seen Kimble. He has a plan for Kimble to get caught with news photographers present, so Jungleland will gain the notoriety of the Biograph Theater where John Dillinger was killed by police, and bring in paying customers. He tells Fielding that if this works, he will not have to sell Jaipur. Kimble becomes aware of the police presence and wants to run, but Craft tells him it is too dangerous. Craft tells Kimble he wants to help him, and urges Kimble to hide on the premises until the police clear out, while he arranges the dramatic capture of Kimble.
Unfortunately, the business is not going well, and Craft tells Fielding he will have to sell Jaipur, his favorite tiger. Fielding loves the tiger, and considers him the top attraction, and strongly opposes this move. Craft tells him it is too late, the deal is done.
When Lt. Gerard arrives with Kimble's photo, Craft falsely tells Gerard he has not seen Kimble. He has a plan for Kimble to get caught with news photographers present, so Jungleland will gain the notoriety of the Biograph Theater where John Dillinger was killed by police, and bring in paying customers. He tells Fielding that if this works, he will not have to sell Jaipur. Kimble becomes aware of the police presence and wants to run, but Craft tells him it is too dangerous. Craft tells Kimble he wants to help him, and urges Kimble to hide on the premises until the police clear out, while he arranges the dramatic capture of Kimble.
Steve Forrest plays a real jerk in this one!
planktonrules17 April 2017
Richard Kimble goes to a broken down little zoo looking for work. The boss (Forrest) hires him but it's obvious that the place is heading towards bankruptcy. But soon the guy realizes that he might be able to make a fortune...as he realizes that his new employee is the famous murderer! But instead of calling the police, he contacts a sleazy newspaper man and waits for him and his photographers to arrive so that he can make the most of Kimble's arrest! In the meantime, he strings Kimble along and pretends to be his benefactor AND he manipulates the police...to keep them looking in all the wrong places until he's ready to spring his trap.
The biggest weakness about this one is how Kimble ultimately escapes. The other man's reasoning for helping seemed tenuous to say the least! Still, it is entertaining and worth seeing...as are all the episodes of "The Fugitive".
The biggest weakness about this one is how Kimble ultimately escapes. The other man's reasoning for helping seemed tenuous to say the least! Still, it is entertaining and worth seeing...as are all the episodes of "The Fugitive".
4/20/65 "Last Second of a Big Dream"
schappe130 June 2015
The second season ends with an episode with two striking images in it. Gerard is again on Kimble's trail. A shot dissolves from him to an image of Kimble looking through iron bars. But he isn't looking out from a cell: he's looking into a cage at a tiger who "lives" there. He's working at a zoo co-owned by Laurence Naismith, whose pet this tiger is and Steve Forrest, whose only affection is for the bottom line. He tells Naismith they're going to have to sell his pet because they need the money. This produces an angry exchange. But then, when Forrest finds out who Kimble is, he has a better idea. He thinks of the boffo business the Biograph Theater in Chicago did after Dillinger was killed there. He imagines the crowds who would come see where Richard Kimble was captured. Forrest becomes another character who appears to befriend Kimble, offering to hide him because after years of being rousted as a carny worker, he hates the cops. He then knocks Kimble out and our hero wakes up in a cage- just like the tiger!
It's another example of an apparently helpful character with a hidden agenda that doesn't favor Kimble, a frequent device of the series' writers.
This was filmed in Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, California, the same location ROUTE 66 used for "Hell Is Empty: All the Devils are Here" three years earlier.
It's another example of an apparently helpful character with a hidden agenda that doesn't favor Kimble, a frequent device of the series' writers.
This was filmed in Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, California, the same location ROUTE 66 used for "Hell Is Empty: All the Devils are Here" three years earlier.
Good close to another great season
Christopher37029 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
After watching this episode I pondered how this one could have been titled "Tiger Left, Tiger Right" over the earlier titled one this season with the kidnappers. Tiger left obviously could apply to Jaipur the live tiger used, and Tiger Right could apply to Gerard---who like the real tiger, is skulking around Jungleland in search of his prey where Kimble is spending his first and last day of work there.
I loved the suspense filled scenes where both Kimble and Gerard are at Jungleland while being completely unaware of the other's presence. I imagined what would happen if the two just happened to bump into each other, but that of course couldn't happen because it would've ended the series right there.
It almost did happen though in a heart stopping scene with Gerard sitting by a window where a working Kimble is outside in clear view just a few short feet away---Gerard apparently has no peripheral vision and when he turns his head to look out the window Kimble has safely moved out of sight. Ha!
I liked the ending where Fielding had to make a choice between Kimble and his beloved tiger Jaipur---who were both locked in cages by the sadistic Jungleland owner who wanted to exploit Kimble's capture to increase his flailing park attendance. What a sleaze.
Fielding wound up opening both cages, choosing to sacrifice Jaipur's life in order to save Kimble's and the sleazy park owner wound up with egg on his face when presenting police with an empty Kimble cage! It was a great end to another great season. I can watch these first two seasons over and over again because I find them to be that enjoyable. 9/10 for this one.
I loved the suspense filled scenes where both Kimble and Gerard are at Jungleland while being completely unaware of the other's presence. I imagined what would happen if the two just happened to bump into each other, but that of course couldn't happen because it would've ended the series right there.
It almost did happen though in a heart stopping scene with Gerard sitting by a window where a working Kimble is outside in clear view just a few short feet away---Gerard apparently has no peripheral vision and when he turns his head to look out the window Kimble has safely moved out of sight. Ha!
I liked the ending where Fielding had to make a choice between Kimble and his beloved tiger Jaipur---who were both locked in cages by the sadistic Jungleland owner who wanted to exploit Kimble's capture to increase his flailing park attendance. What a sleaze.
Fielding wound up opening both cages, choosing to sacrifice Jaipur's life in order to save Kimble's and the sleazy park owner wound up with egg on his face when presenting police with an empty Kimble cage! It was a great end to another great season. I can watch these first two seasons over and over again because I find them to be that enjoyable. 9/10 for this one.
Dick takes his stand.....
jsinger-589696 January 2023
Down in jungle land. This jungle land doesn't have the magic rat, the barefoot girl, the giant Exxon sign or a sax solo that could bring a tear to a glass eye, but it does have the maximum lawman, aka Phil Gerard, plus some local cherry tops. And, unlike Tiger Left, Tiger Right, it has real tigers. Gerard is in this one from the get-go, as Kimble was spotted yet again, unbeknownst to him. The black hair isn't fooling anyone, yet Dick does nothing else to disguise himself. And it seems like everyone in this tiny Nebraska town is familiar with the Kimble case. Anyways, Dick gets a job with a sad roadside zoo, cleaning out the cages and selling peanuts and hotdogs. There is a funny scene where Gerard is talking to the zoo co-owner, Steve Forrest, while Dick is working outside. He is clearly visible through the window, except for when Gerard looks that way. Then, Dick is comically out of sight. Forrest gets the idea to capitalize on Kimble's capture and turn the zoo into a tourist destination. His partner, Larry Naismith, playing his usual grouchy old man, goes along with it because otherwise, his favorite tiger is going to be sold. Dick once again displays his amazingness by touching a chimp's ear and determining that the animal has rickets. He goes to the drug store for some chimp rickets cure and conveniently misses Gerard's next visit. Forrest convinces Dick that he wants to help him, but then knocks him out and puts him in a cage. Dick has a heart to heart with Naismith, who lets Dick go and then frees a tiger when the law shows up. The hungry and the hunted. The tiger ends up not even wounded but dead, and Dick disappears down Flamingo Lane. Tonight in jungle land.
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