Paul Birch credited as playing...
Captain Carpenter
- Lt. Philip Gerard: Somewhere in here. I'm sure of it.
- Captain Carpenter: What about Mexico? He's near enough.
- Lt. Philip Gerard: Oh, he'd be the yankee, someone different.
- Captain Carpenter: Gerard, when are you due for a vacation?
- Lt. Philip Gerard: I'm not taking my vacation, Captain. Later. I will, later.
- [grabs some reports]
- Lt. Philip Gerard: East, South, Midwest. Every report verified.
- Captain Carpenter: By the time you arrive...
- Lt. Philip Gerard: One day, he'll be there.
- Captain Carpenter: Phil, from the very beginning, the arrest, all through the trial, the appeals and the accident, why? What is it about Kimble?
- Lt. Philip Gerard: I enforce the law. The law pronounced him guilty, I enforce the law.
- Captain Carpenter: What are you trying to convince yourself of? I remember his defense: a man with one arm, running from the direction of his house. Phil, I'm beginning to think that you believe that there was such a man.
- Lt. Philip Gerard: Oh, I did everything I could to find him.
- Captain Carpenter: Meaning that he didn't exist or that he escaped? And if he did escape, the law made a mistake.
- Lt. Philip Gerard: Captain, whether the law was right or wrong is not my concern. Let others debate and conclude. I obey. But when I begin to question, doubt...
- [takes off his glasses]
- Lt. Philip Gerard: I can't permit it. Others found him guilty, others were about to execute him. I was merely an instrument of the law, and I am. And Dr. Kimble must be found.