- Narrator: [Opening Narration. Viewers see three young boys pooling their resources to purchase a mail order .303 carbine from the Teton Firearms Company] A target may be paper, an animal, or a man. To a gun, it makes no difference, nor does it care who pulls the trigger or why.
- [Viewers see Richard Kimble walking down the street, on his way to work as a bartender at the Little Vienna Restaurant]
- Narrator: To Richard Kimble, a Fugitive, guns are a familiar enemy, for he is always the target. A target for which the law has issued a mandate: if necessary, shoot to kill.
- Narrator: [Epilog Closing Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble boarding a passenger bus labeled "Iroquois Bus Line."] Love needs time to grow. Yesterday a need that found hope in a look, a word, a touching of hands is today denied by flight. A flight from guns. Today's guns are already miles behind, but the need remains.
- Eddie: Hands up, Mister!
- Dr. Richard Kimble: What're you doing with that gun?
- Rick: We know who you really are, Mr. Stoddard.