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The Rockford Files (1974)
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Stuart Margolin as Angel Martin
Episodes 33
Backlash of the Hunter (1)
Jim helps a young girl whose father was murdered and LAPD has closed the case on without finding the killer.
Read MoreBacklash of the Hunter (2)
Jim helps a young girl whose father was murdered and LAPD has closed the case on without finding the killer.
Read MoreThe Kirkoff Case
Rockford is hired by Larry Kirkoff to find the identity of his parents killer. There are a number of possible suspects including Travis Buckman and Tawnia Baker who were lovers of Mrs. and Mr. Kirkoff respectively. The police actually suspect Larry of the crime, but, lack of evidence prevents them from making a case against him. Rockford's investigation runs him afoul of some pretty bad men who want everyone to go on thinking Larry killed them.
Read MoreThe Dark and Bloody Ground
Jim reluctantly agrees to work for Beth Davenport. His job is to help her prove her client, Ann Calhoun, is innocent of the crime she is accused of; murdering her husband Kevin Calhoun. Jim's investigation takes him to the town of Parker, Arizona, where the Calhouns are from. He digs up info someone doesn't want found out and is almost killed trying to return to L.A. Socialites Clyde Russell and Elizabeth Gorman, who were throwing a party the Calhouns attended, are also investigated. Jim's investigation is making someone nervous as another attempt is made on his life.
Read MoreThe Countess
Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the Blackmailer murder...
Read MoreExit 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...
Read MoreTall Woman in Red Wagon
Jim helps a journalist trace the whereabouts of her friend and has to adopt a series of covers in order to obtain the information, as well as contend with a mobsters goons and a Treasury Agent...
Read MoreThis Case Is Closed
While investigating the fiance of Warren Jamison's daughter, Jim experiences some strange events which include kidnapping by the mob and the FBI who are anxious to get a statement - it all relates back to Jim recent trip to Newark...
Read MoreThe Big Ripoff
Suspecting her ex-lover was killed by his wife, a woman hires Rockford to jet to Europe to compile evidence. After a fling with the widow, Rockford suspects Steve Nelson faked his death.
Read MoreFind Me If You Can
Rockford reluctantly takes a unique assignment: a beautiful mystery woman wants him to find her, to see if someone she fears could also track her down. With a check poised to bounce, the ex-con PI needs the retainer to balance his always-challenged checking account. When Rockford checks with a local police department, he worms out a chilling piece of data: she's been dating Denver Mafia capo-regime, hot-tempered Ralph Correll. But the more Barbara Kelbaker strings along Jim Rockford, the more he's charmed into helping the desperate 30 something.
Read MoreIn Pursuit of Carol Thorne
Jim tails a woman just released from prison. She was involved in a robbery of a Marine 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.
Read MoreThe 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."
Read MoreCaledonia - 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.
Read MoreProfit and Loss (1)
Jim investigates a large corporation when one of its executives is kidnapped and the wife of another executive claims the company murdered her husband.
Read MoreProfit and Loss (2)
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.
Read MoreAura 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.
Read MoreSleight 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.
Read MoreCounter Gambit
Two former cons hire Rockford to find an old girlfriend. They actually want her valuable pearl necklace and implicate him as the thief. With Angel's help, he'll get the pearls back and square himself with the police.
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Jennifer
John Micelli's an old war buddy of Jim', who's now a fashion photographer. He hires Jim to track down a beautiful fashion model, whom the authorities claim is dead; killed in a fiery multi-car accident, but, he thinks otherwise. As Jim starts to look into this, he runs into several intimidating figure who want to make certain she stays that way.
Read MoreCharlie 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.
Read MoreThe Four Pound Brick
A cop dies in an accident that his mother refuses to accept. Rocky offers Jim's services free of charge. After begrudgingly accepting the case he discovers that dirty cops might be involved which then pits him against a very angry Lt. Diel.
Read MoreJust 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.
Read MoreRoundabout
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.
Read MoreThe Aaron Ironwood School of Success
Rockford's wealthy foster brother is wanted by the mob and the government.
Read MoreThe Farnsworth Stratagem
Becker 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.
Read MoreGearjammers (1)
Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.
Read MoreGearjammers (2)
Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.
Read MoreThe Deep Blue Sleep
The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.
Read MoreThe Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
When a client's bail money disappears in a desert town, Rockford uncovers a major land swindle.
Read MoreThe Real Easy Red Dog
A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.
Read MoreResurrection in Black & White
A magazine writer seeks evidence to free a man she thinks was wrongly convicted of murder.
Read MoreChicken Little Is a Little Chicken
A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.
Read More2 Into 5.56 Won't Go
While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms-smuggling ring.
Read MorePastoria Prime Pick
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 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 ?
Read MoreThe Reincarnation of Angie
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 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.
Read MoreThe Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.
Read MoreThe Hammer of C Block
A 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.
Read MoreThe No-Cut Contract
A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.
Read MoreA Portrait of Elizabeth
A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.
Read MoreJoey Blue Eyes
Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.
Read MoreThe Italian Bird Fiasco
Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.
Read MoreWhere's Houston?
Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.
Read MoreFoul on the First Play
Another detective tries to use Rockford to help a client obtain a basketball franchise.
Read MoreA Bad Deal in the Valley
A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.
Read MoreThe Fourth Man
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.
Read MoreThe Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
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.
Read MoreThe Family Hour
Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.
Read MoreFeeding Frenzy
Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leading to problems for Jim with the kidnappers and the police.
Read MoreDrought at Indianhead River
Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.
Read MoreCoulter City Wildcat
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.
Read MoreSo Help Me God
Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.
Read MoreRattlers' Class of '63
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.
Read MoreReturn to the 38th Parallel
Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.
Read MorePiece Work
While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.
Read MoreThe Trouble with Warren
Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.
Read MoreThere's One in Every Port
After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.
Read MoreSticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
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.
Read MoreThe Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
Read MoreThe Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
Read MoreThe Becker Connection
Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.
Read MoreJust Another Polish Wedding
Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal the case.
Read MoreNew Life, Old Dragons
Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.
Read MoreTo Protect and Serve: Part 1
Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.
Read MoreTo Protect and Serve: Part 2
Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fiancé) but the bungling interference of a disturbed police groupie threatens to get them both killed.
Read MoreCrack Back
Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.
Read MoreDirty Money, Black Light
Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.
Read MoreBeamer's Last Case
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...
Read MoreTrouble in Chapter 17
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.
Read MoreThe Battle of Canoga Park
Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.
Read MoreSecond Chance
When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.
Read MoreThe Dog and Pony Show
Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.
Read MoreRequiem for a Funny Box
A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.
Read MoreQuickie Nirvana
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.
Read MoreIrving the Explainer
Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.
Read MoreThe Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls
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.
Read MoreHotel of Fear
Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.
Read MoreForced Retirement
Beth's old college friend is in trouble when her company that is developing an submersible robot explorer becomes the target of some shady businessmen. Jimmy Joe Meeker comes to her rescue.
Read MoreThe Queen of Peru
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.
Read MoreA Deadly Maze
Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.
Read MoreThe Attractive Nuisance
An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.
Read MoreThe Gang at Don's Drive-In
An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.
Read MoreThe Paper Palace
A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.
Read MoreDwarf in a Helium Hat
A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.
Read MoreSouth by Southeast
Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been isolated by her possessive husband.
Read MoreThe Competitive Edge
Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.
Read MoreThe Prisoner of Rosemont Hall
When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.
Read MoreThe House on Willis Avenue
When a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an accident.
Read MoreThe House on Willis Avenue
Part two of episode. Originally aired as 1 2-hour episode.
Read MoreHeartaches of a Fool
Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.
Read MoreRosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik (Rita Moreno) when she finds herself entangled in it.
Read MoreThe Jersey Bounce
Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.
Read MoreWhite on White and Nearly Perfect
Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.
Read MoreKill the Messenger
When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Towne's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation.
Read MoreThe Empty Frame
At a swank party, attended by some of LA's high society and police dept. VIPs, in honor of Angel's brother-in-law, Aaron, being made Chief of Police, a robbery takes place, 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.
Read MoreThree Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow
After being strong-armed by an Arab sheik and his goons, and getting no help from the police, Jim decides to track down the two people who caused his trouble: a soft-voiced gigolo and the sheik's naive daughter.
Read MoreA Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
Jim is forced to babysit Chicago ex-cop, now celebrity, "Frank Falcone," who has a television show and toy line. Falcone isn't easy to babysit, and things get dicey when some old Chicago "friends" of Falcone show up to complicate things.
Read MoreBlack Mirror: Part 1
A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.
Read MoreBlack Mirror: Part 2
Rockford's investigation of psychologist Megan Dougherty's stalker leads him to one of her patients who may have a split personality - one of which is a paid killer.
Read MoreA Fast Count
Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
Read MoreLocal Man Eaten by Newspaper
Jim could use some saintly guidance when he goes undercover on a scandal rag that is getting confidential medical information on a doctor's famous, and infamous, patients.
Read MoreWith the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
A fashion model friend of Jim is found dead on the ground below her balcony. The police believe it's suicide, but having gotten a desperate phone call from her, Jim believes it's murder.
Read MoreThe Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing shoulders with the FBI and the Company.
Read MoreThe Man Who Saw the Alligators
If having the IRS wanting to do an audit isn't bad enough, a gangster Jim helped put in prison is out on parole and wants a pound of his flesh in revenge.
Read MoreThe Return of the Black Shadow
A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker period in his past when he was in a biker gang.
Read MoreA Material Difference
Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
Read MoreNever Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1
Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.
Read MoreNever Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2
Conclusion
Read MoreA Different Drummer
While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.
Read MoreParadise Cove
Jim's Malibu neighborhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.
Read MoreLions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)
Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).
Read MoreLions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)
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Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)
Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.
Read MoreOnly Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (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.
Read MoreNice 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.
Read MoreLove 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreNo 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreJust 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.
Read MoreDeadlock in Parma
In the series finale, Jim Rockford drives off into a California sunset in his wounded Firebird, after being ensnared in a small-town council battle with big implications. While trout fishing in the mountains, the vacationing PI becomes the emergency proxy for a fellow angler, an environmentalist councilman, felled by appendicitis. But the seemingly-innocuous proposition for a Parma city park, attracts a trailer load of New Jersey mobsters who urge Rockford to keep his vote green, or sleep with the fishes. Meanwhile, this town council in the land of endless propositions, acts to force their temporary member Rockford to go fishing under the moonlight, but not in Parma.
Read MoreI Still Love L.A.
Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.
Read MoreA Blessing In Disguise
Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Rockford is hired to protect its star.
Read MoreIf the Frame Fits...
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
Read MoreGodfather Knows Best
The fourth of eight "Rockford Files" reunion TV movies
Read MoreFriends and Foul Play
A friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with the mafia man, Jim must must do what it takes to put both her soul and her son's, at rest, himself.
Read MorePunishment and Crime
Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts everyone's life in danger.
Read MoreMurder and Misdemeanors
After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving alleged Police misconduct, which lands him in the hospital, hounded by a beautiful reporter, and out of favor with the entire Police Deapartment. Meanwhile Angel tries to cash in on the publicity by selling a movie about Rockford's life.
Read MoreIf It Bleeds...It Leads
Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation
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