Griggs, I’m glad you brought up The Fugitive. As a youth growing up in the Chicagoland Metropolitan Area, I was so impressionable when it was released that I was convinced for years that the doctor’s who ran Children’s Memorial where untrustworthy. I was also convinced that if I was ever being chased by cops, I should run into the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Even Ferris Bueller knew that.
But, I think the movie that taught me the most about decoding spy messages was Sneakers. Hey, if the director of Field of Dreams knows anything, it’s how to sell a movie with a dramatic stairwell chase scene:
