The Rockford Files
"This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you."
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.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime
Actor: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos
Creator: Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins
Country: United States of America
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 1h 0m
Release: 1974
Rating: 7.4
Season 1 - The Rockford Files
28 Feb 1975
"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."
Season 2 - The Rockford Files
19 Sep 1975
"Dennis pleads with Jim to untangle him from a timeshare con, without Dennis' boss, Jim's nemesis Lt. Diehl, finding out he's a victim too. Rockford's a lot more interested when a friend of ..."
03 Oct 1975
"The Rockfords work with Sgt. Becker to solve Rocky's friend's murder. When 6 tractor trailers from the same depot are hijacked by a gang, there must be a connection with the killing, but ..."
31 Oct 1975
"Christine Dusseau, a female private eye, first blindsides Rockford, then joins him in tracking down the murderer in a case the police have dismissed as a suicide."
14 Nov 1975
"Angel asks Jim to help him collect some money from someone who supposedly welshed on a deal. Not surprisingly he hasn't told Jim the whole truth, which includes two very angry hoods who want money Angel owes them."
28 Nov 1975
"A 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 ..."
05 Dec 1975
"Hoods 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 ..."
Season 3 - The Rockford Files
24 Sep 1976
"Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's apparently being pursued by a hit man, and she's no idea why she's being targeted."
01 Oct 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 two people."
12 Nov 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."
26 Nov 1976
"Angel is working a con involving the sale of a landfill, and unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a dead body from an unsolved case from twelve years before. The people who put it there don't want it found."
10 Dec 1976
"Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case."
17 Dec 1976
"While investigating an insurance claim, Jim stumbles into something much bigger."
24 Dec 1976
"Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles."
14 Jan 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."
21 Jan 1977
"Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property."
18 Mar 1977
"Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fianc\u00e9) but the bungling interference of a disturbed police groupie threatens to get them both killed."
01 Apr 1977
"Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail."
Season 4 - The Rockford Files
16 Sep 1977
"Rockford returns from vacation in Puerto Rico to discover someone has been using his identity, his trailer and totaled his Firebird. And that's just the beginning of his problems..."
23 Sep 1977
"Jim is reluctantly drawn into being bodyguard for a famous author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife is the cause of death threats against her."
11 Nov 1977
"Rockford ends up regretting allowing an eccentric hippie woman to use his address temporarily, when her ex-boss sends a pair of thugs after her to retrieve some money he put in her care."
18 Nov 1977
"Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany."
25 Nov 1977
"Jim is hired by some small-town businessmen to help them buy a fire engine; they really want him to assassinate someone who could bring the IRS down on them."
16 Dec 1977
"The RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen diamond on his mind."
20 Jan 1978
"A prostitute hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats."
17 Feb 1978
"When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened."
Season 5 - The Rockford Files
27 Oct 1978
"When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Town's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation."
17 Nov 1978
"A swanky party, attended by high society and Police Dept. VIPs, is robbed while Lt. Doug Chapman is in charge of security. Desperate to get back into good graces with his superiors, Chapman swallows his pride and asks Rockford to help him."
24 Nov 1978
"A blind psychiatrist,who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help."
19 Jan 1979
"Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life."
24 Feb 1979
"Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry."
03 Mar 1979
"When a corrupt businessman uses extortion to force Richie Brockleman's father to sell him his business for a paltry amount, Richie goes to Jim for advice on how to get back at him with a con job."
13 Apr 1979
"While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs."
Season 6 - The Rockford Files
09 Nov 1979
"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."
