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The Rockford Files is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network from September 13, 1974, to January 10, 1980. Garner portrays Los Angeles private investigator Jim Rockford, with Noah Beery Jr. in the supporting role of his father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, a retired truck driver.
Rockford is hired by his attorney, Beth (Gretchen Corbett), to investigate a murder for which another of her clients has been charged.The killers try to scare him off the case, and when he connects the murder to the lucrative film rights to a bestselling novel, they try to kill him.
Garner portrays Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford with Noah Beery, Jr., in the supporting role of his father, a retired truck driver nicknamed "Rocky". The series debuted with a made-for-TV movie simply titled The Rockford Files. During the series run, there were a number of two-part episodes, as well as long (90 or 120 ...
A reporter friend Eddie Hellinger (Francis X. McCarthy) phones Rockford and tells him to expect an important package in the mail. Mobster Chuck Ryan (Alan Manson) wants the package at all costs and sends a couple of thugs to Rockford’s home every day to await the mail’s arrival. Rockford goes searching for Eddie but learns he has been killed.
Gretchen Hoyt Corbett (born August 13, 1945 [a] [4]) is an American actress and theater director.She is primarily known for her roles in television, particularly as attorney Beth Davenport on the NBC series The Rockford Files, but has also had a prolific career as a stage actress on Broadway as well as in regional theater.
Rockford is hired to find an alleged embezzler (Jim McMullan). The trail takes Jim to the Alphian Way, an exclusive health club for business professionals run by a megalomaniac doctor ( Stephen Elliott ) who drugs Rockford and ships him off to his brother’s psychiatric asylum, where if he is any trouble he will be permanently dealt with.
The second season of The Rockford Files originally aired Fridays at 9:00-10:00 pm on NBC from September 12, 1975 to March 19, 1976. The Mike Post opening theme got built up and is the more familiar theme that made it on the Billboard charts.
An old prison buddy (Howard Duff) and his daughter (Joan Van Ark) trick Rockford into inadvertently setting up a mob-run poker game to get robbed. To get the money back Rockford co-opts their next con, involving the sale of a yacht they do not own. But Rockford only has a few days to make it work, and mobsters and crooks do not respect maritime ...