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The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

Jim Rockford is an ex-con and private detective. He was falsely convicted of a crime he didn't commit, but that doesn't stop him from using his ex-con buddies to help him solve crimes. Nothing comes easy for Rockford, but he works hard and usually gets shot at or beat up at least once per episode.
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  • A psychic (Robert Webber) directs police to Rockford in a drug dealer's murder case; guest Robert Walden.

  • Rockford and Rocky get temporary custody of a 9-year-old (Kim Richards) searching for her father (Burt Young).

  • Rockford's fiancée (Susan Howard) asks him to retrieve and return oil company money her father stole three years earlier.

  • Angel's sudden luck in real estate makes him the target of mob assassins. With Robert Loggia, Vincent Baggetta.

  • Rocky is assaulted by two toughs after he is awarded a parcel of land in an oil rights lottery. Guest star: Noble Willingham.

  • Rockford is jailed for contempt of court after being called before the grand jury in a kidnapping case; guest William Daniels.

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Jim Rockford is an ex-con and private detective. He was falsely convicted of a crime he didn't commit, but that doesn't stop him from using his ex-con buddies to help him solve crimes. Nothing comes easy for Rockford, but he works hard and usually gets shot at or beat up at least once per episode.

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James Garner, Noah Beery, Joe Santos, Gretchen Corbett, Stuart Margolin, Bo Hopkins, Tom Atkins, James Luisi, Tom Selleck, Mariette Hartley, Lauren Bacall, Rita Moreno
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