Box set: The Rockford Files: The Complete Series
Release Date 1974

The Rockford Files: Season 1
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1974)
TV Series  /  Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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IMDB   8.2
1246 mins USA / English
  US - TV-PG
Noah Beery Jr. Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
James Garner Jim Rockford
Joe Santos Dennis Becker
Luis Delgado Luis Delgado
Gloria Dixon Leah Richards
Stuart Margolin Angel Martin
Tony Regan Maitre d'
Gretchen Corbett Beth Davenport
Michael Lerner Dr. Ruben Seelman
Leoda Richards Bus Passenger
Robert Hitchcock Bar Patron
Richard Elmore Detective
Tom Atkins Alex Diel
Bob Harks Detective
Bill Mumy Nick Butler
Lindsay Wagner Sara Butler
Norman Stevans Campaigner
Fred Lerner Freeman
Jack Garner Man in Washroom
Stephen Burnette Police Officer
Director
Lawrence Doheny
Jackie Cooper
Richard T. Heffron
Russ Mayberry
Producer Stephen J. Cannell
Meta Rosenberg
William F. Phillips
Chas. Floyd Johnson
Writer Roy Huggins
Stephen J. Cannell
Juanita Bartlett
Edward J. Lakso
Cinematography Lamar Boren
Leonard J. South
Musician Pete Carpenter
Mike Post
Artie Kane
Dick DeBenedictis

James Garner stars as the offbeat Jim Rockford, an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes you on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed, chasing down seemingly long-dead clues in the sun-baked streets and seamy alleys of Los Angeles.
Episodes
 98 mins    3/27/1974  1.  Backlash of the Hunter
Jim helps a woman whose father was murdered, after LAPD abandoned the case.
 50 mins    9/13/1974  2.  The Kirkoff Case
A wealthy but unlikeable young man hires Jim to solve the mystery of the death of his parents - the crime for which he stands accused.
 50 mins    9/20/1974  3.  The Dark and Bloody Ground
Jim is hired by Beth Davenport to help clear her female client accused of murdering her husband.
 50 mins    9/27/1974  4.  The Countess
Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the blackmailer's murder.
 50 mins    10/4/1974  5.  Exit Prentiss Carr
Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it has been classified as suicide.
 50 mins    10/11/1974  6.  Tall Woman in Red Wagon
Jim is hired by a newspaper woman to find her missing friend, who then insists on tagging along to "help" his investigation. The missing friend had a sordid past, and several of her old friends want to find her just as badly.
 99 mins    10/18/1974  7.  This Case Is Closed
Jim travels to Newark, and draws the attention of organized crime and the FBI. The FBI is protecting Jim's target because he is a former federal witness. The target is found dead, and Jim's client has some explaining to do.
 50 mins    10/25/1974  8.  The Big Ripoff
A life insurance investigation becomes more complicated than first appeared when Jim believes the insuree is still alive.
 50 mins    11/1/1974  9.  Find Me If You Can
Rockford is hired by a secretive woman who refuses to tell him anything about herself, and gives him an unusual task - to simply find her. Soon, Jim is embroiled in the mysterious woman's life, including the mobster who is after her.
 50 mins    11/8/1974  10.  In Pursuit of Carol Thorne
Jim tails a woman just released from prison. She was involved in a robbery of a Marine Corps payroll. The mastermind of the crime and his henchman follow her as well. They search for the remaining robber who wound up with the loot.
 50 mins    11/15/1974  11.  The Dexter Crisis
Rockford ends up in the Nevada desert (starting with the bright lights of Las Vegas) searching for a rich guy's mistress and her suitcase of precious "documents."
 50 mins    12/6/1974  12.  Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!
When knowledge of a critically ill convict's hidden fortune comes to light, Rockford becomes involved in helping the con's wife find the treasure before his former partner arrives and demands his share.
 50 mins    12/20/1974  13.  Profit and Loss, Part 1: Profit
Jim investigates a large corporation when one of its executives is kidnapped and the wife of another executive claims the company murdered her husband.
 50 mins    12/27/1974  14.  Profit and Loss, Part 2: Loss
Rockford discovers the investment firm Fiscal Dynamics is a financial fraud and its president Leon Fielder will do anything to prevent him from destroying his company.
 50 mins    1/3/1975  15.  Aura Lee, Farewell
Jim's old friend Sara Butler hires him to find out the real reason her employee Aura Lee Benton died. The police believe it was a drug overdose but Sara is convinced she was murdered.
 50 mins    1/17/1975  16.  Sleight of Hand
Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.
 50 mins    1/24/1975  17.  Counter Gambit
Jim's hired by someone he knew inside, to track down his former girlfriend, who's stolen something of his.
 49 mins    1/31/1975  18.  Claire
Jim's old girlfriend, Claire Prescott, phones and asks him to help give her protection from 2 hoods chasing her. He soon discovers there's a missing undercover cop, which puts him up against an arrogant Cpt. Highland, as well.
 50 mins    2/7/1975  19.  Say Goodbye to Jennifer
HIred by Mitch, a photographer friend, Jim must travel to Seattle find a missing model who stands accused of shooting a gang member.
 50 mins    2/14/1975  20.  Charlie Harris at Large
Charlie Harris, Rockford's former cell mate, is suspected of murdering his rich wife and is on the run. He calls on Rockford to find his alibi witness, a mystery woman with whom he was having an affair.
 50 mins    2/21/1975  21.  The Four Pound Brick
Jim investigates the death of a Rookie Police Officer on behalf the mother, a good friend of Rocky's..
 50 mins    2/28/1975  22.  Just by Accident
A race car driver dies in an apparent accident that his mother, an old friend of Jim's, thinks was no accident. It turns out he was part of an insurance scam outfit and they soon have a similar plan for Rockford.
 50 mins    3/7/1975  23.  Roundabout
An insurance company hires Rockford to locate a missing woman who is due an inheritance. He finds her in Las Vegas where she is an unwitting pawn in a money laundering operation.
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Series The Rockford Files
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