The Fugitive

INT. HOTEL - MALL LEVEL/LOBBY - NIGHT
Kimble moves up escalators from the underground station into the Hilton.

INT. HOTEL LOBBY - NIGHT
Disheveled and driven, he moves from the escalators to the lobby -- checks the list of hospitality suites and sees board which indicates Nichols speech in the rooftop ballroom. He moves on to the main elevators.

CUT TO: INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT
Nichols speaking. As he talks we MOVE TO... ANGLE ON TABLE OF MEN
Listening -- the same men we saw in the hospitality suite when Nichols talked to Kimble. As we MOVE TIGHTER ON one of the men, we notice his name tag says: Board of Directors... Devlin-MacGregor Pharmaceuticals.

INT. HILTON ROOFTOP ELEVATORS - NIGHT
Kimble rides alone to the rooftop ballroom.
CUT TO: EAT. HILTON HOTEL - NIGHT
Gerard's car pulls up in front of the hotel. Police are controlling pedestrians. Newman and Biggs, already decked out in Kevlar, meet him.
NEWMAN: C.P.D. just reported -
GERARD: I heard. Was it Kimble?
BIGGS: Conflicting re ffb ports, but the cops are considering him a shooter.
Heavily-armed CPD units pull up. Gerard stares at the police presence. He starts toward the hotel where Kelly is conferring with Kevlar-decked police captain.
POLICE CAPTAIN: Witnesses say he entered hotel from the subway.
KELLY: Okay. I want it locked down. Start on the lower levels.
The captain moves off. Gerard intercepts the cop.
GERARD: That's my man in there, Kelly.
KELLY: Not since he took down one of ours, Gerard. This is a police matter, now. Stay, the hell, out of it.
Kelly moves off. Gerard watches him a moment then he looks up to the roof. Newman hands Gerard his belt with his backup piece.
GERARD: C'mon, I know where he's going. He moves into the hotel with his deputies.

INTERCUT WITH: LOCKDOWN MONTAGE - EXT./INT. HOTEL - NIGHT
A) C.P.D. cruisers arriving. Cops deploying to points of entry. Security guards keying shut parking garage and blocking stairwells.
B) Helicopter with police sharpshooters takes off from Meigs Field downtown and heads for the hotel.

INT. ROOFTOP ELEVATORS/PENTHOUSE HALLWAY - NIGHT
Kimble exits the elevators and moves down the corridor to the ballroom. A man tries to stop him at the doors, Kimble simply moves him out of the way and opens the
doors to:

INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT
Nichols moves to the last of his speech as Kimble enters at the rear
NICHOLS: ... And I especially would like to thank my researchers who helped me...
Nichols stops his speech -- stunned to see Kimble.
NICHOLS: Richard...
KIMBLE: What's wrong, Charlie? Surprised?
Kimble begins moving down the aisle past the tables of doctors toward the podium. We see the faces of Kimble's colleagues and friends from the ballroom sequence earlier. At first no one notices Kimble but as he makes his way toward the dais, the applause fades and then room quiets. Whispers of:
CROWD: It's Richard. It's Kimble.
Stunned expressions.
Kimble continues to the front, talking to Nichols as if the room were empty.
KIMBLE: After Lentz died, you were the only one that had access to the pathology reports.
Nichols remains calm.
NICHOLS: Reports? Whattre you -- ?
KIMBLE: You switched the samples and falsified the reports so R.D.U.90 could get approval.
NICHOLS: Richard, I don't know what you're talking about?...
KIMBLE: I have a set of the original samples.
Nichols stares at Kimble and for the first time we see a flicker of conern.
KIMBLE: You almost pulled it off, Charlie. But I know all about it now, and I can prove it.
Nichols and Kimble hold a look. Nichols turns to the audience.
KIMBLE: Ladies and gentlemen. My friend, as you can see, is obviously not well. Richard, if you want to talk -
KIMBLE: I didn't come here to talk.
Nichols leaves the dais and heads toward the exit. Kimble tracks along with him -- moving through the tables -- passing the table with the Devlin-MacGregor board of directors. They are disturbed by this situation.
ON NICHOLS - Moves through a door and exits into
HALLWAY
Kimble follows moving through the tables and people to reach the door. As soon as he's gone there are calls for "security." Doctors move for the exits.

CUT TO: INT. HOTEL LOBBY - NIGHT
Gerard, Renfro, Newman, Biggs and Poole move into the lobby. Police move to cover the lower floors.
BIGGS: C.P.D. has the perimeter, hotel security has the parking structure.
GERARD: Let them keep busy down below. Newman, get with security. See if you can locate Kimble from the monitors. Keep in radio contact. Newman branches off to Hotel Security. The rest follow Gerard to the rooftop elevators.

EXT. HELICOPTER - NIGHT
ROARING over Chicago skyline. The bright red sign of the Hilton Hotel looms ahead.

INT. HALLWAY/HOSPITALITY SUITE - NIGHT
< ffb /b> Nichols moves down hallway and turns into a hospitality suite. A moment later Kimble follows and enters the... HOSPITALITY SUITE... and is immediately smashed with a chair by Nichols. Kimble goes flying, stunned. Nichols locks the door.
NICHOLS: Your best quality, Richard, is that you don't give up -
Nichols pulls Kimble to his feet.
NICHOLS: ... even when it's clearly in your best interest to...
He hits him again, drives him back into the library. Kimble tries to recover as Nichols relentlessly stays on him. He pulls him up, slams him against the fire escape doors
NICHOLS: I always knew that I'd have to kill you.
He drives a blow into Kimble's stomach.
NICHOLS: Now, I must thank you for giving me 200 witnesses tonight who will support me... when I tell them it was self-defense...
He shoves Kimble through the door out into...

EXT. FIRE ESCAPE BALCONY - NIGHT
... and almost over the railing. Kimble grabs the rail to keep from dropping to the street. Nichols closes on him, but Kimble rolls away at the last minute and knocks Nichols back against the other side of fire escape.
KIMBLE: You missed your chance, Charlie...
Nichols charges Kimble, but Kimble drives him back with two crushing blows that send Nichols down the stairs. Kimble moves down the stairs after him -- passing under a security camera.

CUT TO: INT. SECURITY ROOM - NIGHT
A room lined with security monitors. Two security personnel sit in front of their console. Newman stands behind them.
On screen: We see Kimble moving down the stairs toward Nichols, who pulls himself to his feet. Newman stands in front of the screen, talks to his radio.
NEWMAN: (to radio) I've got Kimble on the roof with Nichols. Southeast exit.

INTERCUT WITH: INT. HOTEL ELEVATOR - NIGHT
Gerard and deputies Poole, Biggs, and Renfro around him.
BIGGS: (to radio) Keep and eye on him.
Biggs has roof plans.
BIGGS: There are four exits to the roof.
GERARD: I want them covered.

EXT. HOTEL ROOFTOP FIRE ESCAPE - NIGHT
Nichols rises to his feet, swings, but Kimble blocks the blow and lands another that sends Nichols down another set of stairs to the roof.
KIMBLE: You took everything away from me... for money.

INT. BALLROOM ELEVATORS - NIGHT
Gerard and the marshals reach the ballroom floor. The elevator doors open to a flood of confused and disoriented doctors trying to escape. The marshals wade through, meet up with two hotel security guards.
GERARD: This way.

EXT. ROOFTOP - NIGHT
Kimble pulls Nichols to his feet. They are silhouetted by the lights of the city skyline.
KIMBLE: I want to know, Charlie... was it worth it...?
NICHOLS: This thing is bigger than even you think, Richard. You can't stop it.
He hits Nichols again with tremendous force, knocking him against the parapet. Nichols stares over the edge -- the street appears far below.

INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT
Gerard and his deputies work their way into the ballroom. The deputies move to separate areas. Several doctors point them in the direction Kimble and Nichols fled.

INTERCUT WITH: INT. HOTEL SECURITY - NIGHT
Newman stands in front the security monitors and watches Kimble and Nichols on the roof.

EXT. ROOFTOP - NIGHT
Kimble reaches Nichols and draws to hit him again as the HELICOPTER suddenly ROARS over the rooftop. Its beam hits the two men and a VOICE booms from the helicopter:
VOICE FROM HELICOPTER (V.O.): Chicago police. Freeze.
In the instant of shock, Nichols knees Kimble and bolts.

INTERCUT: INT. HALLWAY/HOSPITALITY SUITE - NIGHT
Gerard moves down connecting hallway where a couple of concerned doctors are trying to open the door to the hospitality suite.
GERARD: (to doctors) Clear the hallway. (to security) ffb Get that door open.
The door opens and Gerard moves quickly through the hospitality suite for the rooftop.
GERARD: (to security) Stay at this door.
He moves through the door to the roof alone.