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  • Sep 28, 1979
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  • Sep 28, 1979
The Rockford Files (1974)

Summary James Garner stars as Jim Rockford, a private investigator who lives and works from his trailer in Malibu, Los Angeles. Jim is an ex-con who had been imprisoned for five years in San Quentin for armed robbery – a crime which he did not commit and was later pardoned. Jim has a quarter page advertisement in the yellow pages, drives a tan...

Created By: Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins

  • NBC
  • Sep 28, 1979
  • NBC
  • Sep 28, 1979
The Rockford Files (1974)
Season 6
6 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 28, 1979
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Summary James Garner stars as Jim Rockford, a private investigator who lives and works from his trailer in Malibu, Los Angeles. Jim is an ex-con who had been imprisoned for five years in San Quentin for armed robbery – a crime which he did not commit and was later pardoned. Jim has a quarter page advertisement in the yellow pages, drives a tan...

Created By: Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins

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Episode 1 • Sep 28, 1979 • 1 h
Paradise Cove
Jim's Malibu neighbourhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.
Episode 2 • Oct 12, 1979 • 1 h 36 m
Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs
Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).
Episode 3 • Oct 19, 1979 • 1 h
Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die: Part 1
Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.
Episode 4 • Oct 26, 1979 • 1 h
Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die: Part 2
While consoling his morose love-lorn friend Eddie, Jim continues to look for the missing producer. He eventually finds his body but the presumed killer is not whom he had expected.
Episode 5 • Nov 9, 1979 • 1 h
Love Is the Word
Jim reconnects with Dr. Megan Dougherty and discovers she is engaged to another man. When she believes he is missing Jim agrees to help her, despite the fact he disapproves of her engagement and for his feelings for Megan.
Episode 6 • Nov 16, 1979 • 1 h
Nice Guys Finish Dead
The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.
Episode 7 • Nov 23, 1979 • 1 h
The Hawaiian Headache
Jim is tricked into believing he's won a trip to Hawaii, when it really turns out to be doing a favor for an old army pal in the CIA.
Episode 8 • Nov 30, 1979 • 1 h
No Fault Affair
Rita Capkovic (Rita Moreno) comes to Jim for help after her former pimp has beaten her up for refusing to work for him again. As Jim helps Rita recover she begins to see him as more than just as a friend, to the concern of everyone.
Episode 9 • Dec 7, 1979 • 1 h
The Big Cheese
Rockford gets a phone call telling him to expect a package in the mail. Two hoods then murder the caller and go to Rockford's trailer to await the package's arrival. When the package is a wheel of cheese the mystery only gets deeper.
Episode 10 • Dec 14, 1979 • 1 h
Just a Coupla Guys
Rockford flies to Newark for a case and is robbed, leaving him stranded at the police station. Jim is caught in the middle of a mob war when 2 mooks, looking to make a name for themselves, get involved and complicate everything.
Episode 11 • Jan 10, 1980 • 1 h
Deadlock in Parma
6 Seasons

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James Garner

Jim Rockford

Noah Beery Jr.

Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford

Joe Santos

Dennis Becker

Luis Delgado

Officer Billings, Officer Todd Billings, Counterman

Stuart Margolin

Angel Martin, Teeta Skerritt

Gretchen Corbett

Beth Davenport

James Luisi

Lt. Doug Chapman, Burt Stryker

Jack Garner

Bartender, Capt. McEnroe, Officer

Tom Atkins

Alex Diel, Lt. Thomas Diehl

Joe E. Tata

Solly Marshall, Agent Hanzer, Mike Trevino

Pepper Martin

Booking Sergeant, Foster, Greg Smith, Gustav, Harry Steel, Melvin, Mickey Wannamaker

Shirley Anthony

Receptionist, Bren Dagley, Club Member, Juror, Party Guest, Secretary

Nick Dimitri

Dorsey, Manny Axel, Sammy, Security Guard, Thug #1

George Loros

'Anthony Boy' Gagglio, Anthony Gagglio, Eddie, Eddie Lo Presti, Tommy Lorentz

Pat Finley

Peggy Becker

John Davey

Cowboy, Delivery Man, Deputy Harnsworth, Mechanic, Rudy, Sgt. Jacobson

Fritzi Burr

County Clerk, Maid, Miss Orneck, Mrs. DeAngelo, Receptionist, Tax Assistant

Bruce Tuthill

1st Hood, Bomb Squad Officer, Club Attendant, Murray Gaines, Officer, Waiter

Fred Lerner

Carl Richman, Freeman, Lou, Manny Morabito, Martin Fishback, Parking Attendant

Ken Swofford

Carl Wronko, Col. John 'Howling Mad' Smith, DEA Agent Al Jollett, FBI Agent Patrick, P.I. Floyd Ross

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