The Fugitive Crime thriller conventions

Crime conventions
: Suspenseful account of failed or successful crimes
: Involves murders/robberies/Shoot-Outs/Double crossing.
:Can glorify the rise and fall of criminals, sometimes in real life.
:Often set in large cities to provide a view of a secret world.
:Characters have ambitions desire for success or recognition.
:Strong rivalry between binary opposite characters
:Several locations often seedy indoor locations.

The crime involved in this film is a murder of the lead character's (Harrison Ford) wife.

The film is mostly set in the city of Chicago, but also in the outer regions aswell such as the forest and water reservoir.

We also see a suspenseful flashback of the successful murder of the wife from the lead characters point of view, making it easier for the audience to empathise with him.

The story glorifies the fall of the lead character after he is framed for the murder of his wife and is on the run from the police after escaping from the jail bus.

The desire of the lead character is for recognition for the death of his wife, and to find the killer and make him the real criminal. This keeps the audience interested and builds up lots of suspense.

The strong rivalry involved is between the framed criminal (Richard Kimble) and the police detective (Samuel Gerad) who is trying to capturing him and place him back in jail, the male vs male rivalry is typical of films like this.