The Rockford Files (1974)
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
- Stephen J. Cannell
- Roy Huggins
- Views: 570
- Release Date: 1974-09-13
- Language: English
- Country: US
- Runtime: 60
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Episode 1 - The Aaron Ironwood School of Success
Release Date: 1975-09-12Rockford's wealthy foster brother is wanted by the mob and the government.
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Episode 2 - The Farnsworth Stratagem
Release Date: 1975-09-19Becker and a young writer ask for Rockford's help after they purchase a share in a condominium and discover they only own part of the lobby.
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Episode 3 - Gearjammers (1)
Release Date: 1975-09-26Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.
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Episode 4 - Gearjammers (2)
Release Date: 1975-10-03Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.
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Episode 5 - The Deep Blue Sleep
Release Date: 1975-10-10The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.
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Episode 6 - The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
Release Date: 1975-10-17When a client's bail money disappears in a desert town, Rockford uncovers a major land swindle.
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Episode 7 - The Real Easy Red Dog
Release Date: 1975-10-31A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.
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Episode 8 - Resurrection in Black & White
Release Date: 1975-11-07A magazine writer seeks evidence to free a man she thinks was wrongly convicted of murder.
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Episode 9 - Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
Release Date: 1975-11-14A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.
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Episode 10 - 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go
Release Date: 1975-11-21While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms-smuggling ring.
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Episode 11 - Pastoria Prime Pick
Release Date: 1975-11-28A farming hub has more business than it can handle, including giving Rockford the business. The PI's car breaks down near the boomtown, after a source Rockford contacts in a divorce case steers Rockford there. While his car is being worked on, Rockford is quickly entangled between an underage motel worker and her jealous cop boyfriend, and in a double-cross over a narcotics deal. Is it just another tricky day for unlucky Jim, or is bucolic New Pastoria a sunny sin city ?
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Episode 12 - The Reincarnation of Angie
Release Date: 1975-12-05Hoods snatch a stockbroker, and his sister hires Rockford for $23.64, because Jim's in the yellow pages and her big brother instructed her not to dial the cops. Jim's protective of the naive 25 year old bookkeeper, despite the tiny fee, because he fears her brother is dead, and she can't accept that her only relative, who's always taken care of her, may be mixed up in a securities scam.
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Episode 13 - The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
Release Date: 1975-12-19Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.
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Episode 14 - The Hammer of C Block
Release Date: 1976-01-09A friend (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison after getting out, needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.
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Episode 15 - The No-Cut Contract
Release Date: 1976-01-16A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.
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Episode 16 - A Portrait of Elizabeth
Release Date: 1976-01-23A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.
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Episode 17 - Joey Blue Eyes
Release Date: 1976-01-29Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.
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Episode 18 - In Hazard
Release Date: 1976-02-05Beth has trouble and is nearly killed by a client with tax trouble.
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Episode 19 - The Italian Bird Fiasco
Release Date: 1976-02-12Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.
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Episode 20 - Where's Houston?
Release Date: 1976-02-20Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.
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Episode 21 - Foul on the First Play
Release Date: 1976-03-12Another detective tries to use Rockford to help a client obtain a basketball franchise.
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Episode 22 - A Bad Deal in the Valley
Release Date: 1976-03-19A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.