"Liar's Poker"
Richard Kimble steps from the curb of an Atlantic City sidewalk and is pulled back just as an oncoming car passes by. His rescuer introduces himself as Professor Al Greenlaw. With two foot cops approaching, Kimble thanks the man and hurries along.
Somewhere in Chicago, Matthew Ross and bounty hunter Karl Vasick discuss Kimble. A wiretap on Eisenberg's phone, explains Vasick, can help locate Kimble. Ross agrees; this is a road the police are unable to travel.
Enhancing Kimble's audio from a taped conversation with his lawyer, Vasick makes out the faint background sounds of coins dropping from a slot machine. He makes the connection: Atlantic City.
Busing at the small Hickey's Horseshoe casino Kimble watches as Al Greenlaw is "escorted" out by security. Over coffee at a diner Greenlaw says he's late for a lecture and gives Kimble a book to take to a colleague. Kimble obliges, but the colleague turns out to be two thugs, Ned Cornell and John Donner. Inside the book is a personal check for five hundred dollars. Cornell tears it up. Nearby, Greenlaw nervously watches the two men push Kimble into their car and drive off.
Vasick unsuccessfully scours area casinos until Cleotis, a bartender at the Horseshoe, recognizes Kimble from a photograph. Tempted with a "finder's fee," Cleotis tells Vasick he was last seen with the Professor, an avid gambler who owes big to a local shark.
Kimble, held captive in Cornell's dingy warehouse, says he doesn't really know Greenlaw and holding him collateral won't accomplish much. He calls the school and discovers Greenlaw no longer works there.
Greenlaw returns home, unwelcome, looking for the title to his car. His wife tells him it's in a safe deposit, then asks him to leave. But seeing his daughter stirs his emotions and he tells his wife that this time he intends to stop gambling for good.
Vasick arrives at Cornell's, eyeing Kimble in another room. He says he'll pay Greenlaw's debt for Kimble's release. Cornell gives him one hour. Kimble tells Cornell who Vasick is; that he'll kill Cornell to get to him. He then tells Cornell that he's a wanted fugitive. Cornell confirms a fifty thousand-dollar reward for Kimble's capture and decides to take Kimble in himself. As he is escorted out Kimble breaks free, scrambling through an industrial yard from both Cornell and Vasick. Finding Greenlaw waiting nearby in his car, Kimble jumps in, but not before a bullet from Vasick's guns hits him in the shoulder.
At the motel, Kimble is furious, "you're a selfish coward," he tells Greenlaw, while painfully extracting the bullet. He explains to Al that turning himself and Cornell in is the only sensible thing to do. Greenlaw steps out to get some ice. He calls the police on a pay phone, suspicious about Kimble, and discovers the substantial reward for his capture. But Greenlaw has second thoughts about betraying his only friend and hangs up before giving their location. The police however have already traced the call and Vasick, detained for questioning, is frustrated when he overhears they've got a fix on Kimble.
Cornell busts in demanding Kimble, offering Greenlaw half the reward money. Greenlaw refuses. A drop of blood on the bathroom ceiling tile tells Greenlaw where Kimble is hiding. As the blood pools, certain to give away Kimble's position, Greenlaw acts fast. He tries to wrestle the gun from Cornell, but a shot hits him in the stomach. Cornell and Donner flee. Kimble tries to help Greenlaw as police sirens approach, but his wound is much too serious. There is little Kimble can do and Greenlaw dies on the floor of the dirty motel room. As police surround the building, Kimble moves through the ceiling cavity to a far room and escapes unnoticed.
At a desolate payphone, Kimble explains to Al's grieving wife that his death, however undignified, "wasn't how it looked."
-Warner Bros.