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The Rockford Files: Season 01
Running Time: 60 min.
Introduced as a 90-minute TV movie in March of 1974, The Rockford Files began its weekly, hour-long series run in September of that year. The opening episode, "The Kirkoff Case," finds ex-con turned private eye Jim Rockford (James Garner) trying to prove that his earnest but obnoxious young client (played by James Woods, Garner's later co-star in the made-for-TV feature My Name is Bill W.) did not murder his parents as claimed. In the first season's second episode, Gretchen Corbett is introduced as Jim's lawyer girlfriend Beth Davenport, who hires our hero to clear her client of a murder charge. Throughout the rest of the season, Jim is aided and abetted by his crusty dad Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.), his likeable (if not entirely honest) former cellmate Angel (Stuart Margolin), and, reluctantly, by his police-department contact Detective Dennis Becker (Joe Santos). Meanwhile, Dennis' superior Lt. Alex Diehl (Tom Atkins) can't shake himself of the conviction that Jim's prison record was somehow deserved -- especially when the private eye utilizes unorthodox methods to get results. Although the main focus is on star Garner, season one of The Rockford Files affords generous screen space to a variety of guest stars. A pre-Cagney and Lacey Sharon Gless is seen along with Joseph Cotten in the two-part "This Case is Closed"; a young Jill Clayburgh shows up in "The Big Ripoff"; Joan Van Ark (Dallas) and Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky & Hutch) are seen in "Find Me if You Can"; Shelley Fabares, halfway between The Donna Reed Show and Coach, guests in "Caledonia -- It's Worth a Fortune"; Linda Evans, likewise 'twixt and 'tween The Big Valley and Dynasty, appears in "Claire"; and future Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner can be seen in "Aura Lee, Farewell." Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The Rockford Files: Season 01 Cast and Crew:
 James Garner - (Jim Rockford) |
 Noah Beery, Jr. - (Joseph "Rocky" Rockford) |
 Joe Santos - (Det. Dennis Becker) |
| Gretchen Corbett - (Beth Davenport) |
| Stuart Margolin - (Angel Martin) |
| Tom Atkins - (Lt. Alex Diehl) |
Production Credits:
Pete Carpenter (Composer (Music Score))
Mike Post (Composer (Music Score))
Meta Rosenberg (Executive Producer)
Stephen J. Cannell (Producer)
Chas. Floyd Johnson (Producer)
The Rockford Files: Season 01 Episodes:
The Rockford Files: Backlash of The Hunter
The Rockford Files: The Big Ripoff
The Rockford Files: The Kirkoff Case
The Rockford Files: The Dark and Bloody Ground
The Rockford Files: The Countess
The Rockford Files: Exit Prentiss Car
The Rockford Files: Tall Woman in Red Wagon
The Rockford Files: This Case Is Closed, Part 1
The Rockford Files: This Case Is Closed, Part 2
The Rockford Files: Find Me if You Can
The Rockford Files: In Pursuit of Carol Thorne
The Rockford Files: The Dexter Crisis
The Rockford Files: Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!
The Rockford Files: Profit and Loss, Part 1 - Profit
The Rockford Files: Profit and Loss, Part 2 - Loss
The Rockford Files: Aura Lee, Farewell
The Rockford Files: Sleight of Hand
The Rockford Files: Counter Gambit
The Rockford Files: Claire
The Rockford Files: Say Goodbye to Jennifer
The Rockford Files: Charlie Harris at Large
The Rockford Files: The Four Pound Brick
The Rockford Files: Just by Accident
The Rockford Files: Roundabout
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