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The Rockford Files: Season 05
Running Time: 60 min.
James Garner is back as Jim Rockford, an ex-con turned private eye with a penchant for righting old wrongs (and a predilection for getting beaten up by those who don't want those wrongs righted) in season five of The Rockford Files. Also returning are Noah Beery Jr. as Jim's dad Rocky, Joe Santos as his "friendly enemy," police detective Dennis Becker, and Stuart Margolin as Jim's delightfully duplicitous former cellmate Angel Martin, a role that would earn Margolin an Emmy award this season. And though Gretchen Corbett, who played Jim's attorney girlfriend Beth Davenport, is no longer on the series, her function as "legal liaison" has been filled by Bo Hopkins as disbarred lawyer John Cooper. Also introduced this season is Jim Rockford's bete noir, dazzlingly handsome rival private detective Lance White, whose incredible luck (vital clues seem to literally appear out of nowhere at all the right moments) and irritatingly unerring intuition is a continual source of outrage and embarrassment for Mr. Rockford. Lance White is superbly played by Tom Selleck as sort of a dry run for his more famous starring portrayal of Magnum P.I. in the TV series of the same name. Additionally, Rita Moreno makes a return appearance in her Emmy-winning role as abrasive "working girl" Rita Capkovic in the cleverly-titled episode "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead"; and Dennis Dugan is back as boyish, baby-faced private eye Richie Brockelman (a role he also played in his own spin-off series) in the two-part "Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job." Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The Rockford Files: Season 05 Cast and Crew:
 James Garner - (Jim Rockford) |
 Noah Beery, Jr. - (Joseph "Rocky" Rockford) |
 Joe Santos - (Det. Dennis Becker) |
| Stuart Margolin - (Angel Martin) |
| Bo Hopkins - (John Cooper) |
| James Luisi - (Lt. Doug Chapman) |
Production Credits:
Pete Carpenter (Composer (Music Score))
Mike Post (Composer (Music Score))
Meta Rosenberg (Executive Producer)
David Chase (Producer)
Chas. Floyd Johnson (Producer)
Juanita Bartlett (Producer)
Stephen J. Cannell (Supervising Producer)
The Rockford Files: Season 05 Episodes:
The Rockford Files: Heartaches of a Fool
The Rockford Files: Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
The Rockford Files: The Jersey Bounce
The Rockford Files: White on White and Nearly Perfect
The Rockford Files: Kill the Messenger
The Rockford Files: The Empty Frame
The Rockford Files: Three Day Affair With a Thirty Day Escrow
The Rockford Files: A Good Clean Bust With Sequel Rights
The Rockford Files: Black Mirror, Part 1
The Rockford Files: A Fast Count
The Rockford Files: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
The Rockford Files: With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
The Rockford Files: The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
The Rockford Files: Guilt
The Rockford Files: The Deuce
The Rockford Files: The Man Who Saw the Alligators
The Rockford Files: The Return of the Black Shadow
The Rockford Files: A Material Difference
The Rockford Files: Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job, Part 1
The Rockford Files: A Different Drummer
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