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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
9/12/1975
1.
The Aaron Ironwood School of Success
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Rockford welcomes home his childhood foster brother, who has struck it rich as the result of a shaky pyramid scheme. On the run from both the mob and the feds, the failing millionaire asks Rockford to temporarily take ownership of his company - the ironically named School of Success.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
9/19/1975
2.
The Farnsworth Stratagem
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When Dennis is conned into investing in a hotel for mobsters, Jim impersonates a Texas Oil Man to get his friends money back...
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
9/26/1975
3.
Gearjammers, Part 1
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Part 1 - After witnessing a mob payoff that is part of a big-rig hijacking scheme, Rockford's father becomes the target of assassins. Working to protect his dad, Rockford learns that the man's life contains secrets that he never imagined.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
10/3/1975
4.
Gearjammers, Part 2
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Part 2 - In this exciting conclusion to this two-part episode, the mob boss continues to hunt for Rocky, while Rockford teams up with the police to solve the trucking case, which is speeding towards disaster.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
10/10/1975
5.
The Deep Blue Sleep
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Beth hires Jim to investigate the death of her friend, a fashion model and the connection between the fashion house and organized crime...
Director:
William Wiard
/ Chas. Floyd Johnson
Writer:
Juanita Bartlett
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Guest starring:
Robert Webber,
Michael Conrad, Janet MacLachlan, Ric Mancini, Melendy Britt, Doria Cook, Robert Hays, John Furlong, Ed Crick
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
10/17/1975
6.
The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
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While stranded in a desert town, Rockford has $10,000 — money for a client's bail — stolen. He turns to his father and Fast Harry, an ex-con friend, to help him find both the money and the thief, and in the process they uncover an intricate real estate swindle.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
10/31/1975
7.
The Real Easy Red Dog
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Nothing is as it seems when Rockford is duped by a beautiful private eye who uses him as a decoy to deceive the police. What starts off as a suicide investigation leads to stolen jewels, missing babies and murder.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
11/7/1975
8.
Resurrection in Black & White
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Following her "gut feelings," a magazine writer hires Rockford to help her prove the innocence of a man who's been convicted of homicide. Although skeptical at first, Rockford follows the trail that eventually makes him a believer...and leads him to a shootout at sea.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
11/14/1975
9.
Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
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The situation is anything but heavenly when Rockford's old cellmate leads him to an underworld of gangsters and gambling. When the two become the target of a mob boss, they hope a fake funeral will be the answer to their prayers.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
11/21/1975
10.
2 Into 5.56 Won't Go
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While investigating the death of his former Army commander, Rockford uncovers military corruption and arms smuggling.
Director:
Jeannot Szwarc
Writer:
Stephen J. Cannell
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Guest starring:
Jesse Welles,
Charles Napier, Mitchell Ryan, Eddie Firestone,
Frank Maxwell,
William Boyett,
Harvey Gold, Carol Vogel, John Carey,
Kenneth Washington, Jesse Wells
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
11/29/1975
11.
Pastoria Prime Pick
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Rockford takes a quick dislike to the small town he's visiting when a bogus repair bill is followed by phony criminal charges. Aided by his father and attorney, Rockford takes on the hamlet's corrupt mayor, sheriff and prosecuting attorney.
Director:
Lawrence Doheny
Writer:
Gordon Dawson
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Guest starring:
Warren J. Kemmerling,
Richard Herd,
Bill Quinn, Bill Tuthill,
William Lucking, Kathie Browne, Smith Evans,
Bill Zuckert, Don Billett, Robert Ward, Barbara Collentine
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
12/5/1975
12.
The Reincarnation of Angie
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Believing that her stockbroker brother has been abducted by the mob, a bookkeeper hires Rockford. But once he's on the case, Rockford finds himself the object of another investigation, the feds'.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
12/19/1975
13.
The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
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Posing as a newspaperman, Rockford goes undercover in a charity gambling operation that his client believes is rigged. When investigation leads him to the district attorney's office, Rockford realizes that the odds are stacked against him.
Director:
James Garner
Writer:
Juanita Bartlett
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Guest starring:
Blair Brown, Joel Fabiani,
Stewart Moss,
Paul Stevens,
William Phipps,
William Bryant,
Sharon Ullrick, Julio Medina,
Stacy Keach, Sr., Todd Hoffman,
Byron Morrow,
Norman Bartold, Joel Fabini
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
1/9/1976
14.
The Hammer of C Block
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Gandy Fitch, Rockford's former cellmate, is released from prison after serving twenty years for the murder of his wife. Still claiming his innocence, he hires Rockford to track down the real killer.
Director:
Jerry London
Writer:
Gordon Dawson
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Guest starring:
Isaac Hayes, James A. Watson, Jr., Annazette Chase,
Jack Somack,
Lynn Hamilton,
Allan Rich, Bill Walker, Sandy DeBruin, Hank Stohl, Helen Schustack
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
1/16/1976
15.
The No-Cut Contract
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Rockford finds himself in a fixed game when a small-time pro quarterback implicates him in a blackmail ploy. Wanted by both the feds and the mob, Rockford struggles to clear his name.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
1/23/1976
16.
A Portrait of Elizabeth
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Beth's latest beau hires Rockford to investigate the disappearance of cashier's checks. What begins as a routine job leads Rockford and his friend into a world of music, art...and murder.
Director:
Meta Rosenberg
Writer:
Stephen J. Cannell
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Guest starring:
John Saxon, Wayne Tippet, Cynthia Sikes,
Katherine Woodville,
Robert Riesel,
Joe E. Tata, Angus Duncan, Ned Wilson,
James Murtaugh, Michael Thoma,
Victor Izay, Chuck Winters, Peg Stewart, Cynthia Sykes
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
1/30/1976
17.
Joey Blue Eyes
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An ex-convict looks to Rockford to help him remain on the straight and narrow when the mob shows an interest in his legitimate restaurant business. Can Rockford help him keep too many cooks out of his kitchen?
Director:
Lawrence Doheny
Writer:
Walter Dallenbach
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Guest starring:
Eddie Fontaine,
Sandy Kenyon,
Norman Bartold,
Michael Ansara, Suzanne Charney, Robert Yuro,
James Luisi, James Lydon, Michael Lane, Ril Raden, Mickey Caruso
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
2/6/1976
18.
In Hazard
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When she finds herself in jail, Beth realizes that her clients have ties to the underworld. With her life in danger, she desperately turns to Rockford for help.
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
2/13/1976
19.
The Italian Bird Fiasco
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Posing as an art dealer, Rockford purchases a rare sculpture of a bird for a client. When he is attacked leaving the auction, he realizes that he's just flown into a flock of trouble.
Director:
Jackie Cooper
Writer:
Edward J. Lakso
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Guest starring:
William Daniels, Camilla Sparv, William Jordan, Peter Palmer,
Ron Silver,
Ivor Barry, Dean Santorro, Eric Server, Karl Lukas, Gerald S. Peters, Peter Ashton, D'Mitch Davis
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
2/20/1976
20.
Where's Houston?
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Rockford searches for the missing granddaughter of a family friend. What starts as a kidnapping investigation soon reveals a shady real estate scheme run by crooks who will stop at nothing to get what they want.
Director:
Lawrence Doheny
Writer:
Don Carlos Dunaway
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Guest starring:
Janette Lane Bradbury, Robert Mandan, Del Munroe,
Dabbs Greer, Raymond O'Keefe, Murray MacLeod, Thomas Bellin, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr, Lane Bradbury,
Del Monroe
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
3/12/1976
21.
Foul on the First Play
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After learning that the parole officer who hired him is actually a private detective, Rockford works to even the score in this case about a basketball franchise and the would-be owner who refuses to play by the rules.
Director:
Lou Antonio
/ Chas. Floyd Johnson
/ Dorothy J. Bailey
Writer:
Stephen J. Cannell
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Guest starring:
Louis Gossett, Jr., Dick Davalos,
David White,
Pepper Martin,
James Ingersoll,
Al Ruscio,
John Mahon,
Chuck Bowman, Vincent Cobb, Pamela Serpe, Ji-Tu Cumbaka, Al Checci, Janet Winter, Jayne Kennedy
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Seen it: Yes
60 mins
3/19/1976
22.
A Bad Deal in the Valley
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Nothing is as it seems when Rockford's old flame, a real estate tycoon, hires him to deliver a package that turns out to contain $100,000 in counterfeit money. She claims not to have known and is then mysteriously kidnapped.
Director:
Jerry London
Writer:
Lester William Berke
/ Donald L. Gold
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Guest starring:
Susan Strasberg,
Jack Colvin, Veronica Hamel, John Lupton,
Gordon Jump, Fritzi Burr, David Sabin, Rod Cameron, Ross McGinn,
Regis Parton, Dudley Knight, Laurence Haddon, Russ McGivor
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