Box set: Rockford Files, The Complete Collection

The Rockford Files: Season 3
Universal (1976)
TV Series  /  Drama, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Action
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(09/11/2015)
025192293597
IMDB   8.2
1089 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
James Luisi
James Garner Jim Rockford
Noah Beery Jr. Joseph "Rocky" Rockford
Stuart Margolin Evelyn "Angel" Martin
Noah Beery Jr
Bo Hopkins John Cooper
Joe Santos Police Det. Dennis Becker  
Joe Santos Det. Dennis Becker
Tom Atkins Alex Diel
James Luisi Lt. Doug Chapman
Gretchen Corbett Beth Davenport
Luis Delgado Officer Billings
Robert Webber
Noah, Jr. Beery
Director
Harry Falk
Alexander Grasshoff
Producer Stephen J. Cannell
Meta Rosenberg
Writer Roy Huggins
Stephen J. Cannell
Musician Pete Carpenter
Mike Post

Emmy® winner James Garner stars as the offbeat Jim Rockford, an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes you on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed, chasing down seemingly long-dead clues in the sun-baked streets and seamy alleys of Los Angeles.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    24/09/1976  1.  The Fourth Man
Airport security falls through the cracks when Rockford's flight attendant friend, Lori, is threatened by an assassin after an upsetting flight.
Director:  William Wiard  Writer:  Juanita Bartlett 
Guest starring:  John McMartin, Sharon Gless,  Michael Bell, Dianne Harper, Candace Howerton, Barbara Collentine
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    01/10/1976  2.  The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
Rockford is double-crossed by the supernatural when a psychic points to him as the potential killer of a suddenly wealthy dope pusher.
Director:  Russ Mayberry  Writer:  David Chase 
Guest starring:  Bonnie BartlettRobert Webber, Robert Walden, Diane Sommerfield, John Furlong,  Pepe Serna, Terrence O'Connor,  James Hong
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    08/10/1976  3.  The Family Hour
Rockford and his father become the unlikely babysitters of a wandering nine-year-old girl when her father goes missing.
Director:  William Wiard  Writer:  Gordon Dawson 
Guest starring:  Burt YoungKen SwoffordKim Richards, Paul Koslo, Janice Carroll, Marged Wakeley,  Adrian Ricard
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    15/10/1976  4.  Feeding Frenzy
Love is put to the test when Sandy, Rockford's fiancée, asks him to help her father return the half-million dollars he stole three years earlier from an oil company.
Director:  Russ Mayberry  / Lester William Berke  Writer:  Stephen J. Cannell 
Guest starring:  Susan Howard, Eddie Firestone,  George WynerLuke Askew, Pepper Martin, Richard Lepore,  William PhippsRoger Aaron BrownCarmen Argenziano, Jon Seder, Joseph Della Sorte
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    05/11/1976  5.  Drought at Indianhead River
Rockford's former cellmate strikes it rich in real estate, but when his underworld connections take offense, it's up to Rockford to get them both to safer ground.
Director:  Lawrence Doheny  Writer:  Stephen J. Cannell 
Guest starring:  Robert Loggia, Vincent Baggetta, Anthony Carbone, Ronda Copeland, Nick Georgiad, Jerome Guardino, Laurence Haddon, Buddy Foster, Judith Searle, George Fisher, Nick Dimitri, Nicholas Georgiade, Rhonda Copeland
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/11/1976  6.  Coulter City Wildcat
Rocky thinks his luck has finally changed when he wins a piece of land in an oil-rights lottery, but he's soon hounded by some sore losers who want his winnings for themselves.
Director:  Russ Mayberry  Writer:  Don Carlos Dunaway 
Guest starring:  Noble WillinghamJerry Hardin, Sharon Compton,  John Anderson, Dennis Burkley, John Calvin, Gordon Hurst, Patricia Stich, Hal Bokar, Richard Kennedy, Ed Deemer, Norman Blankenship, Terry Leonard, Don Nagel
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    19/11/1976  7.  So Help Me God
The American justice system doesn't seem to be working in Rockford's favor when he is brought in to testify about the kidnapping of a union official and is then arrested for contempt before he can finish collecting his defense materials.
Director:  Jeannot Szwarc  Writer:  Juanita Bartlett 
Guest starring:  William DanielsSandy Ward, Ted Gehring, John Lupton, Jason Wingreen, Vernon Weddle, Robert Ray Sutton, Lieux Dressler, Cliff Carnell, John B. Gowans, Angelo Gnazzo
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    26/11/1976  8.  Rattlers' Class of '63
Angel thinks he's marrying his way into a fortune, but his new wife's family may also be guilty of using this unholy union to scheme their way into ill-gained riches.
Director:  Meta Rosenberg  Writer:  David Chase 
Guest starring:  James Wainwright, Elayne Heilveil, Avery Schreiber, John Durren, Rudy Ramos, Sandra Kerns,  Stacy Keach, Sr., Stanley Brock, Ed Vasgersian,  Gerald McRaney, James Wainright
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/12/1976  9.  Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel
Friends prove to be more trouble than they're worth when Rockford's buddy gets him involved in a missing-person case that leads to a dangerous and wealthy smuggling ring.
Director:  Bruce Kessler  Writer:  Walter Dallenbach 
Guest starring:  Ned Beatty, Veronica Hamel,  Norman Burton, Paul Stevens, Robert Karnes, James Congdon, Jeff David, Michael Ebert, John Mahon, Bart Burns, Chuck Winters, Tom Stewart, Michael Alldridge, Sam Vlahos, Ted Noos
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    17/12/1976  10.  Piece Work
Rockford's investigation into an accident claim has him stumbling with a target on his back into a much larger gun-smuggling scheme being investigated by the Feds.
Director:  Lawrence Doheny  Writer:  Juanita Bartlett 
Guest starring:  Michael Lerner, Ned Wilson, Simon Scott, Ben Frank, Frank Maxwell, Jack Bannon, Michael Mancini, Deborah Landes, Harvey Vernon, Ricky Powell
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    24/12/1976  11.  The Trouble With Warren
Corporate corruption ensnares attorney Beth Davenport's brilliant cousin, Warren Weeks, and it's up to Rockford to prove that Warren isn't responsible for the death of his superiors.
Director:  Christian I. Nyby II  Writer:  Juanita Bartlett 
Guest starring:  Ron Rifkin, Paul Jenkins, Joe Maross, John Dullaghan,  Tom Bower, Anne Randall, M.P. Murphy, Jan Stratton, Tom Williams, Ed Crick, Vince Howard, Shirley Anthony,  Craig Chudy
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    07/01/1977  12.  There's One in Every Port
Lady Luck is not on his side when Rockford is swindled in a poker game by a father-daughter con team, and he decides to take whatever steps are necessary to get back his stolen cash.
Director:  Meta Rosenberg  Writer:  Stephen J. Cannell 
Guest starring:  Joan Van Ark, Howard Duff,  Steve Landesberg, Jack Riley, George Memmoli, John Dehner, John Mahon,  Michael DeLanoByron Morrow, Kenneth Tobey, Stanley Brock, Christopher Winfield, David 'Buddy' Pansari
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    14/01/1977  13.  Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Waterbury Will Bury You
Rockford sees how competition can be a killer when fellow private investigators turn to him for assistance after they are forced out of business.
Director:  Jerry London  Writer:  David Chase 
Guest starring:  James Karen, George Pentecost, Linda Dano, Fritzi Burr, Robert Riesel,  Simon OaklandCleavon Little, Val Bisoglio, Anthony Costello, James Storm, Katherine Charles, Hal Stohl, Brian Levy, Henry G. Sanders
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    21/01/1977  14.  The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers, Part 1
Part 1. At his father's urgent request, Rockford comes to the aid of an old man who has been committed to a hospital by his daughter and son-in-law.
Director:  Jerry London  Writer:  Gordon Dawson 
Guest starring:  Strother MartinAlex Rocco, Richard Venture, Karen Machon
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    28/01/1977  15.  The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers, Part 2
Part 2. The drama continues as Rockford helps Flowers to escape, but then the older man takes drastic steps in an effort to hold on to his land.
Director:  Jerry London  Writer:  Gordon Dawson 
Guest starring:  Strother MartinAlex Rocco, Richard Venture, Karen Machon
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/02/1977  16.  The Becker Connection
When Detective Becker is accused of stealing drugs from the police evidence room, Rockford comes to his defense and uncovers a police setup.
Director:  Reza Badiyi  / Chas. Floyd Johnson  Writer:  Juanita Bartlett 
Guest starring:  Jack Kelly, Jack Carter,  James SikkingWarren Munson, William Jordan, Lal Baum, Rita George, Helen Schustak, Bucklind Beery
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    18/02/1977  17.  Just Another Polish Wedding
Ex-con Gandy Fitch returns, reminding Rockford of their time together in prison and announcing that he would like to get into the business of detective work.
Director:  William Wiard  Writer:  Stephen J. Cannell 
Guest starring:  Jack Collins, Sidney Clute, Raymond Singer, Bruce Tuthill, Pepper Martin, Walter Brooke, Dennis Burkley,  Anthony Charnota, Barney McFadden, George Skaff, Melandy Britt, Alfred Dennis, Boni Enton, Holly Irving, Jeanne LeBouvier
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    25/02/1977  18.  New Life, Old Dragons
What begins as a missing-person case turns into a job involving a kidnapping plot, the CIA, and $500,000 stolen from American payrolls in Saigon.
Director:  Jeannot Szwarc  / Bernard Rollins  Writer:  David C. Taylor 
Guest starring:  Clyde Kusatsu, Kathleen Nolan,  Charles Napier, James Callahan, Robert Phalen, Bruce Tuthill, Irene Yah-Ling Sun, Charles Siebert,  Luke Askew, Al Stephenson, Jim Ishida, Herb Kayde, Jay Gerber, Chris Napier, Charles Callahan
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/03/1977  19.  To Protect and Serve (1)
Part 1. Rockford's search for a gangster lawyer's missing fiancée is complicated by a civilian with an unfortunate passion for police work.
Director:  William Wiard  Writer:  David Chase 
Guest starring:  Joyce Van Patten, Leslie Charleson, Jon Cypher, George Loros, James Coleman
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    18/03/1977  20.  To Protect and Serve (2)
Part 2. The action resumes when Rockford hides the missing woman on a boat, but her location is compromised when the police groupie reveals information to mobster thugs.
Director:  William Wiard  Writer:  David Chase 
Guest starring:  Joyce Van Patten, Leslie Charleson, Jon Cypher, George Loros
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    25/03/1977  21.  Crack Back
Attorney Beth Davenport hires Rockford to help her locate a witness who can help prove her football player client innocent—but the rules of the game change when she herself becomes the target of a stalker.
Director:  Reza Badiyi  Writer:  Juanita Bartlett 
Guest starring:  Joseph Mascolo,  Conchata Ferrell, Bo Kaprall,  Norman Bartold, Howard McGillin, John Calvin, Sondra Blake, Nick Ferris, Robert Miller Driscoll, Glenn Robards, Robert Ward, Bill Woodard, Gloria Dixon, Bill Baldwin, Bo Keprell
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    01/04/1977  22.  Dirty Money, Black Light
When Rockford's father begins receiving large amounts of cash in the mail, both the mob and the Feds are interested in his new good fortune.
Director:  Stuart Margolin  Writer:  David C. Taylor 
Guest starring:  Roger E. Mosley, John P. Ryan,  Wesley Addy, Joshua Bryant, John Chappell,  Martin KoveVictor Argo, Michael Lane, Mary Carver, Dick McGarvin, Craig Wasson, Edward Knight, Noami Grumett, Charles Hutchins, Dani Heath
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins  23.  Quickie Nirvana
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins  24. 
Edition Details
Edition Complete Collection
Series Rockford Files, The
Distributor Universal
Release Date 26/05/2015
Packaging Box Set
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 05/11/2015
Location Main DVD Shelving
Owner Carl Taylor
Store Amazon.ca
Purchase Price $69.99
Condition Still Sealed
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