The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
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The Rockford Files

This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.

7.6 / 10
1974
6 seasons
122 episodes
CrimeDramaMystery

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.

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Trailer

'Rockford Files' - 'Quincy' Network Promo (1978)

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Cast

Seasons

  • The Kirkoff Case

    1.The Kirkoff Case

    8.7
    13-09-197450m

    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...

  • The Dark and Bloody Ground

    2.The Dark and Bloody Ground

    8.0
    20-09-197450m

    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 Cal...

  • The Countess

    3.The Countess

    9.0
    27-09-197450m

    Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the Blackmailer murder...

  • Exit Prentiss Carr

    4.Exit Prentiss Carr

    6.0
    04-10-197450m

    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...

  • Tall Woman in Red Wagon

    5.Tall Woman in Red Wagon

    11-10-197450m

    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 Tr...

  • This Case Is Closed

    6.This Case Is Closed

    18-10-197489m

    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...

  • The Big Ripoff

    7.The Big Ripoff

    8.0
    25-10-197450m

    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...

  • Find Me If You Can

    8.Find Me If You Can

    7.3
    01-11-197450m

    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 bounc...

  • In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

    9.In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

    8.5
    08-11-197450m

    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...

  • The Dexter Crisis

    10.The Dexter Crisis

    8.0
    15-11-197450m

    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."

  • Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!

    11.Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!

    7.0
    06-12-197450m

    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...

  • Profit and Loss (1)

    12.Profit and Loss (1)

    6.0
    20-12-197450m

    Jim investigates a large corporation when one of its executives is kidnapped and the wife of another executive claims the company murdered her husband.

  • Profit and Loss (2)

    13.Profit and Loss (2)

    9.0
    27-12-197450m

    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.

  • Aura Lee, Farewell

    14.Aura Lee, Farewell

    7.5
    03-01-197550m

    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 murder...

  • Sleight of Hand

    15.Sleight of Hand

    7.5
    17-01-197550m

    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...

  • Counter Gambit

    16.Counter Gambit

    7.7
    24-01-197550m

    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...

  • Claire

    17.Claire

    7.5
    31-01-197549m

    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...

  • Say Goodbye to Jennifer

    18.Say Goodbye to Jennifer

    8.0
    07-02-197550m

    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 fie...

  • Charlie Harris at Large

    19.Charlie Harris at Large

    8.0
    14-02-197550m

    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...

  • The Four Pound Brick

    20.The Four Pound Brick

    8.0
    21-02-197550m

    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...

  • Just by Accident

    21.Just by Accident

    28-02-197550m

    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 h...

  • Roundabout

    22.Roundabout

    7.3
    07-03-197550m

    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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