The Rockford Files

Name: The Rockford Files
Director: Stephen J. Cannell
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1974-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 43 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr.

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

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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Created By

Stephen J. Cannell Roy Huggins

Status

Ended

Original Name

The Rockford Files

First Air Date

September 13, 1974

Last Air Date

January 10, 1980

Seasons

Episodes

122

Language

English

Production Companies

Universal Television Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions Cherokee Productions

Networks

NBC

S06E12

Deadlock in Parma

In the series finale, Jim Rockford drives off into a California sunset in his wounded Firebird, after being ensnared in a small-town council battle with big implications. While trout fishing in the mountains, the vacationing PI becomes the emergency proxy for a fellow angler, an environmentalist councilman, felled by appendicitis. But the seemingly-innocuous proposition for a Parma city park, attracts a trailer load of New Jersey mobsters who urge Rockford to keep his vote green, or sleep with the fishes. Meanwhile, this town council in the land of endless propositions, acts to force their temporary member Rockford to go fishing under the moonlight, but not in Parma.

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