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The Rockford Files (1974)

Rating

Run Time: 60 min

Color: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1

Sound: Mono

Producer: Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions

Genre

Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 121

Overview

The Rockford Files is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day. Garner portrays Los Angeles?based private investigator Jim Rockford, with Noah Beery Jr. in the supporting role of his father, Joseph Rockford, a retired truck driver nicknamed "Rocky". The show was created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell. Huggins created the television show Maverick (1957?1962), which starred Garner, and he wanted to recapture that magic in a "modern day" detective setting. In 2002, The Rockford Files was ranked No. 39 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

Gretchen Corbett

Elizabeth "Beth" Davenport

James Garner

Jim Rockford

James Luisi

Lieutenant Douglas J. "Doug" Chapman

Joe Santos

Sergeant Dennis Becker

Noah Beery, Jr.

Joseph "Rocky" Rockford

Stuart Margolin

Evelyn "Angel" Martin

Tom Atkins

Lieutenant Alex/Thomas Diehl

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6

1. The Fourth Man

First Aired September 23, 1976

Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's being pursued by a man, and she's no idea why she's being targeted.

2. The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

First Aired September 30, 1976

Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police, when a popular psychic fingers him as having important information on the disappearance of 2 people.

3. The Family Hour

First Aired October 07, 1976

Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.

4. Feeding Frenzy

First Aired October 14, 1976

Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leading to problems for Jim with the kidnappers and the police.

5. Drought at Indianhead River

First Aired November 04, 1976

Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.

6. Coulter City Wildcat

First Aired November 11, 1976

Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.

7. So Help Me God

First Aired November 18, 1976

Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.

8. Rattlers' Class of '63

First Aired November 25, 1976

Angel's working a con involving the sale of a landfill. Unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a dead body from an unsolved case from more than a decade earlier, and the people who put it there don't want it found.

9. Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel

First Aired December 09, 1976

Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.

10. Piece Work

First Aired December 16, 1976

While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.

11. The Trouble with Warren

First Aired December 23, 1976

Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.

12. There's One in Every Port

First Aired January 06, 1977

After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.

13. Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Waterbury Will Bury You

First Aired January 13, 1977

When several of Jim's fellow P.I.s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting independent investigators and systematically putting them out of business.

14. The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1

First Aired January 20, 1977

Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

15. The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2

First Aired January 27, 1977

Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

16. The Becker Connection

First Aired February 10, 1977

Rockford's newest case; to clear his friend, Dennis Becker, who's suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.

17. Just Another Polish Wedding

First Aired February 17, 1977

Jim gets Gandy a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes who promptly then tries to steal the case.

18. New Life, Old Dragons

First Aired February 24, 1977

Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.

19. To Protect and Serve: Part 1

First Aired March 10, 1977

Jim's hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she's also being sought by a New York crime family.

20. To Protect and Serve: Part 2

First Aired March 17, 1977

Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fianc?) but the bungling interference of a disturbed police groupie threatens to get them both killed.

21. Crack Back

First Aired March 24, 1977

Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.

22. Dirty Money, Black Light

First Aired March 31, 1977

Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.