List of Rockford Files episodes

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The Rockford Files aired on the NBC television network from 1974 through 1980, starting with a made-for-TV movie originally titled, simply, The Rockford Files. During the series run, there were a number of two-part episodes, as well as long (90 or 120 minutes) episodes that were split into two parts for syndication (and on recent DVD releases). Filming stopped in the middle of the sixth season (1979-80), on the advice of James Garner’s doctor. (Garner filmed many of his own stunts, injuring his back and knees)

In the 1990s Rockford returned to the air in a series of eight TV movies on CBS.

In 2005 the first season was released on DVD; this release does not include the spring 1974 pilot. However, 2006 saw the release of the second season, with a bonus: the pilot movie, "Backlash of the Hunter." On February 27, 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release episodes from the third season (1976-77) on DVD to the U.S. and Canada (Region 1).

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[edit] Notable cast

  • James Garner — Jim Rockford
  • Noah Beery, Jr. — Joseph ‘Rocky’ Rockford – Jim’s father
  • Stuart Margolin — Evelyn ‘Angel’ Martin – Jim’s former cellmate
  • Joe Santos — Det. Dennis Becker – Jim’s friend in the LAPD
  • Pat Finley - Peggy Becker- Dennis' wife
  • Gretchen Corbett — Beth Davenport – Jim’s lawyer/girlfriend (seasons 1–4, and TV movies 3, 5, & 8)
  • Tom Atkins -Lt. Alex/Thomas Diehl- Becker's Rockford hating boss (season's 1-2)
  • James Luisi - Lt. Doug Chapman- Becker's Rockford hating boss (season's 3-6)
  • Kathryn Harrold — Megan K. Dougherty – Jim’s blind love-interest (seasons 5–6, and TV movie 6)

[edit] TV movie pilot

Ep.# Airdate Title
M-0 1974-03-27 The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter — two-hour pilot

[edit] Season 1

Ep.# Airdate Title
1-1 1974-09-13 “The Kirkoff Case”
1-2 1974-09-20 “The Dark and Bloody Ground”
1-3 1974-09-27 “The Countess”
1-4 1974-10-04 “Exit Prentiss Carr”
1-5 1974-10-11 “Tall Woman in a Red Wagon”
1-6 1974-10-18 “The Case is Closed” — 90-minute episode
1-7 1974-10-25 “The Big Ripoff”
1-8 1974-11-01 “Find Me If You Can”
1-9 1974-11-08 “In Pursuit of Carol Thorne”
1-10 1974-11-15 “The Dexter Crisis”
1-11 1974-12-06 “Caledonia, It’s Worth a Fortune?”
1-12 1974-12-20 “Profit and Loss, Part 1: Profit”
1-13 1974-12-27 “Profit and Loss, Part 2: Loss”
1-14 1975-01-03 “Aura Lee, Farewell”
1-15 1975-01-10 “Sleight of Hand”
1-16 1975-01-17 “Counter Gambit”
1-17 1975-01-31 “Claire”
1-18 1975-02-07 “Say Goodbye to Jennifer”
1-19 1975-02-14 “Charlie Harris at Large”
1-20 1975-02-21 “The Four Pound Brick”
1-21 1975-02-28 “Just by Accident”
1-22 1975-03-07 “Roundabout”

[edit] Season 2

Ep.# Airdate Title
2-1 1975-09-12 “The Aaron Ironwood School of Success”
2-2 1975-09-19 “The Farnsworth Strategm”
2-3 1975-09-26 “Gearjammers” — Part 1
2-4 1975-10-03 “Gearjammers” — Part 2
2-5 1975-10-10 “The Deep Blue Sleep”
2-6 1975-10-17 “The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company”
2-7 1975-10-31 “The Real Easy Red Dog”
2-8 1975-11-07 “Resurrection in Black and White”
2-9 1975-11-14 “Chicken Little’s a Little Chicken”
2-10 1975-11-21 “2 into 5.56 Won’t Go”
2-11 1975-11-28 “Pastoria Prime Pick”
2-12 1975-12-05 “The Reincarnation of Angie”
2-13 1975-12-19 “The Girl in the Bay City Boy’s Club”
2-14 1976-01-09 “The Hammer of C Block”
2-15 1976-01-16 “The No-Cut Contract”
2-16 1976-01-23 “A Portrait of Elizabeth”
2-17 1976-01-30 “Joey Blue Eyes”
2-18 1976-02-06 “In Hazard”
2-19 1976-02-13 “The Italian Bird Fiasco”
2-20 1976-02-20 “Where’s Houston?”
2-21 1976-03-12 “Foul on the First Play”
2-22 1976-03-19 “A Bad Deal in the Valley”

[edit] Season 3

Ep.# Airdate Title
3-1 1976-09-24 “The Fourth Man”
3-2 1976-10-01 “The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit”
3-3 1976-10-08 “The Family Hour”
3-4 1976-10-15 “Feeding Frenzy”
3-5 1976-11-05 “Drought at Indianhead River”
3-6 1976-11-12 “Coulter City Wildcats”
3-7 1976-11-19 “So Help Me God”
3-8 1976-11-26 “Rattlers’ Class of ‘63”
3-9 1976-12-10 “Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel”
3-10 1976-12-17 “Piece Work”
3-11 1976-12-24 “The Trouble With Warren
3-12 1977-01-07 “There’s One in Every Port”
3-13 1977-01-14 “Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You”
3-14 1977-01-21 “The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers” — Part 1
3-15 1977-01-28 “The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers” — Part 2
3-16 1977-02-11 “The Becker Connection”
3-17 1977-02-18 “Just Another Polish Wedding”
3-18 1977-02-25 “New Life, Old Dragons”
3-19 1977-03-11 “To Serve and Protect” — Part 1
3-20 1977-03-18 “To Serve and Protect” — Part 2
3-21 1977-03-25 “Crack Back”
3-22 1977-04-01 “Dirty Money, Black Light”

[edit] Season 4

Ep.# Airdate Title
4-1 1977-09-16 “Beamer’s Last Case”
4-2 1977-09-23 “Trouble in Chapter 17”
4-3 1977-09-30 “The Battle of Canoga Park”
4-4 1977-10-14 “The Second Chance”
4-5 1977-10-21 “The Dog and Pony Show”
4-6 1977-11-04 “Requiem for a Funny Box”
4-7 1977-11-11 “Quickie Nirvana”
4-8 1977-11-18 “Irving the Explainer”
4-9 1977-11-25 “The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls”
4-10 1977-12-02 “Hotel of Fear”
4-11 1977-12-09 “Forced Retirement”
4-12 1977-12-16 “The Queen of Peru”
4-13 1977-12-23 “The Deadly Maze”
4-14 1978-01-06 “The Attractive Nuisance”
4-15 1978-01-13 “The Gang at Don’s Drive-In”
4-16 1978-01-20 “The Paper Palace”
4-17 1978-01-27 “Dwarf in a Helium Hat”
4-18 1978-02-03 “South by Southwest”
4-19 1978-02-10 “The Competitive Edge”
4-20 1978-02-17 “The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall”
4-21 1978-02-24 “The House on Willis Avenue” — two-hour episode

[edit] Season 5

Ep.# Airdate Title
5-1 1978-09-22 “Heartaches of a Fool”
5-2 1978-09-29 “Rosendohl and Gilda Stern are Dead”
5-3 1978-10-06 “The Jersey Bounce”
5-4 1978-10-20 “White on White and Nearly Perfect”
5-5 1978-10-27 “Kill the Messenger”
5-6 1978-11-03 “A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights”
5-7 1978-11-10 “A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow”
5-8 1978-11-17 “The Empty Frame”
5-9 1978-11-24 “Black Mirror” — two-hour episode
5-10 1978-12-01 “A Fast Count”
5-11 1978-12-08 “Local Man Eaten by Newspaper”
5-12 1979-01-05 “With the French Heel Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?”
5-13 1979-01-12 “The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar”
5-14 1979-01-19 “Guilt”
5-15 1979-01-26 “The Deuce”
5-16 1979-02-10 “The Man Who saw the Alligators” — 90-minute episode
5-17 1979-02-17 “The Return of the Black Shadow”
5-18 1979-02-24 “A Material Difference”
5-19 1979-03-03 “Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man’s Job” — two-hour episode
5-20 1979-04-13 “A Different Drummer”

[edit] Season 6

Ep.# Airdate Title
6-1 1979-09-28 “Paradise Cove”
6-2 1979-10-05 “Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs” — Part 1
6-3 1979-10-12 “Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs” — Part 2
6-4 1979-10-19 “Only Rock ’n’ Roll Will Never Die” — Part 1
6-5 1979-10-26 “Only Rock ’n’ Roll Will Never Die” — Part 2
6-6 1979-11-09 “Love is the Word”
6-7 1979-11-16 “Nice Guys Finish Dead”
6-8 1979-11-23 “The Hawaiian Headache”
6-9 1979-11-30 “The No-Fault Affair”
6-10 1979-12-07 “The Big Cheese”
6-11 1979-12-14 “Just A Coupla Guys”
6-12 1980-01-10 “Deadlock In Parma”

[edit] CBS TV movies

Ep.# Airdate Title
M-1 1994-11-27 The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Dedicated to the memory of Noah Beery, Jr. We love you and miss you, Pidge.
M-2 1995-05-14 The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
M-3 1996-01-14 The Rockford Files: If The Frame Fits
M-4 1996-02-18 The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
M-5 1996-04-25 The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play — a.k.a. Fieldtrip to a Funeral
M-6 1996-09-18 The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime — a.k.a. Night Fishing
M-7 1997-11-21 The Rockford Files: Murder and Misdemeanors
M-8 1999-04-20 The Rockford Files: If it Bleeds… It Leads — filmed in 1997
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