- Some of the news commentators interviewing Gerrard in the film are real news commentators from Chicago.
- When Harrison Ford looked at the wreckage of the train in the 1993 edition, a man looked back at the camera. In the DVD version released in 2001, digital technology was used to remove the man’s face.
- The TV version of the actor David Janssen's mother Bernice also played a small role in this film, playing the person who stood behind Harrison Ford and talked to another woman when everyone called 911.
- The first person to play Doctor Charles was Richard Jordan, but he suddenly fell ill shortly after filming started.
- There was indeed a train crash for the thrilling scene.
- During the shots of running in the woods, Harrison Ford injured his leg ligaments, but he insisted on receiving treatment after the filming, because he wanted to maintain the character’s limp characteristics, so in all subsequent running shots, Richard De Jinbao has been limping.
- The scene of the train was filmed in Dillsbor, North Carolina. The front of the train was changed to tow the dining car after the filming. The props used during the filming of the film, the prison car and the crashed locomotive shell can all be found along the way.
- The destination of an elevated train in the film is shown as "Golden Insurance", and the following building is also marked with the words "Harrison", but these are not deliberate actions of the crew, but two real locations in Chicago.
- At the beginning of the film, Harrison Ford's Richard Kimball can use fake beards, but director Andrew Davis insisted on letting Harrison Ford grow his beards and shave them off in subsequent episodes.
- Due to limited conditions, the scene of a train crash must pass once, so director Andrew Davis consulted a large number of technicians, stunt performers and insurance companies to prepare for everything that might happen. According to the pre-design, the train will hit the prison car at a speed of 35 miles per hour, but due to the director's error, the collision speed reached 42 miles, but this scene is still completed.
- Before the filming started, Harrison Ford and director Andrew Davis met a doctor in a bar in Chicago. This man was a bit weird and lonely. Ford thought he was very similar to Richard Kimball, who he was about to play. People were asked to see his residence, and Jinbao's residence in the film was based on this model.
The Fugitive behind the scenes gags
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Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: [briefing all the sheriffs, deputies, police officers, and law enforcement officials surrounding him] All right, listen up, ladies and gentlemen, our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground, barring injuries, is 4 miles per hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him.
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Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Newman, what are you doing?
Newman: I'm thinking.
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Well, think me up a cup of coffee and a chocolate doughnut with some of those little sprinkles on top, while you're thinking.