Posts from alamo221 in thread „David Janssen“

  • David Janssen

    Always liked David Janssen in everything. Guess all that hard drinking is what aged him badly-in his forties he looked a good 10 years older. Hated to see him go-

  • David Janssen

    Quote from Hawkswill

    I most certainly did also Alamo, but there was another ending filmed...never said it was shown, LOL.KEITH



    I'm not sure if the link above refers to that ending, but as it said, it was only a rumor and never was filmed. Somehow hard to believe they'd go to all the trouble and expense to film two different endings at that time. This is from IMDB-not the most reliable source, but it discusses another ending:

    Some sources incorrectly state that an alternate ending for the series was planned in which Kimble would be seen removing a false arm, revealing him as the true killer. In the book "The Fugitive Recaptured" (and its later audio adaptation) Barry Morse reveals that this rumor may have started with a never-realized plan that he and David Janssen had for pulling a "false arm" gag at public appearances. Janssen also often joked that Kimble killed his wife because "she talked too much". Morse also said that he and Janssen conceived for fun an alternate epilogue to the series finale, in which Kimble awakens in bed with his wife Helen, and reveals to her that he "just had the most horrible nightmare". Janssen also gave an interview to TV Guide at the time of the finale in which he said that his idea for resolving the show was to have a final scene in which Kimble is seen on a beach reading a newspaper account of how the one-armed man has just been executed for the murder. Then, with his trademark half-grin, Kimble would stand up, detach his prosthetic arm and walk off into the surf. It's not known whether he was serious or just kidding.