- Dr. Kimble spots the murderer of his wife in Chicago, but is unaware that the newspaper man helping him is under pressure by his editor to turn Kimble into the police, if they fail to catch him.
- Richard Kimble ends up in the city of Chicago where the real killer of his wife is. He solicits the help of a struggling newspaper columnist to help find him, unaware the newspaper man is under pressure from his boss to either find the killer, or to turn Kimble over to the police to get a big story.—Gene Jenkins
- A slim clue has led Kimble to Chicago in search of the one-armed man. After 10 frustrating days Kimble turns to a struggling newspaper gossip columist Mike Decker (Pat Hingle), who has always apparently believed in Kimble's innocence. Mike allows Kimble to take up residence in his home, where he bumps into Mike's wife, Paula (Nan Martin) who is also a true believer in Kimble's innocence but also clashes with Mike over his efforts at helping people in general and Kimble in particular. Paula has a drinking problem, and fearing she could tell the police of Kimble's presence Mike gets Paula drunk.
Mike gets the editor of his newpaper, Connelley (Addison Richards) to give him $5,000 in expense money, but does so only on the promise if he does not find the one-arm man, he wants a story on Kimble's capture. Decker uses all of his resources and informants to try and find the suspect, and one of his informants, Cogen (Lewis Charles) finds the one arm man and sets up and appointment, but he gets picked up by the police for routine questioning before they can meet.
Decker demands that Cogen try and to locate the one-armed man again, but Lt. Gerard is in town and puts presure on Decker to turn Kimble in. At Decker's home, Cogen has returned to report the one-arm man will be getting on a bus in one hour. Kimble learns this from a drunken Paula and rushes in a cab to the bus station and sees the one armed man, eye to eye, just as the bus was takes off.
Kimble intercepts the bus at its first stop only to find that the one-armed man had fled shortly after it left the station. While this happens Lt. Gerard and local police Sergeant De Santis interrogate Paula, and she accidentally reveals that Kimble was in her and Mike's apartment. Cornered, Decker sets up Kimble to be captured at his apartment, getting the chance when Kimble phones to report seeing the one-armed man.
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