The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

1974 6 Seasons 122 Episodes ⭐ 7.6 Crime Drama Mystery

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.

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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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Kirkoff Case

Rockford is hired by Larry Kirkoff to find the identity of his parents killer. There are a number of possible suspects i

EP 2

The Dark and Bloody Ground

Jim reluctantly agrees to work for Beth Davenport. His job is to help her prove her client, Ann Calhoun, is innocent of

EP 3

The Countess

Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the Blackmailer murder...

EP 4

Exit Prentiss Carr

Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it

EP 5

Tall Woman in Red Wagon

Jim helps a journalist trace the whereabouts of her friend and has to adopt a series of covers in order to obtain the in

EP 6

This Case Is Closed

While investigating the fiance of Warren Jamison's daughter, Jim experiences some strange events which include kidnappin

EP 7

The Big Ripoff

Suspecting her ex-lover was killed by his wife, a woman hires Rockford to jet to Europe to compile evidence. After a fli

EP 8

Find Me If You Can

Rockford reluctantly takes a unique assignment: a beautiful mystery woman wants him to find her, to see if someone she f

EP 9

In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

Jim tails a woman just released from prison. She was involved in a robbery of a Marine Payroll. The mastermind of the cr

EP 10

The Dexter Crisis

Rockford ends up in the Nevada desert (starting with the bright lights of Las Vegas) searching for a rich guy's mistress

EP 11

Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!

When knowledge of a critically ill convict's hidden fortune comes to light, Rockford becomes involved in helping the con

EP 12

Profit and Loss (1)

Jim investigates a large corporation when one of its executives is kidnapped and the wife of another executive claims th

EP 13

Profit and Loss (2)

Rockford discovers the investment firm Fiscal Dynamics is a financial fraud and its president Leon Fielder will do anyth

EP 14

Aura Lee, Farewell

Jim's old friend Sara Butler hires him to find out the real reason her employee Aura Lee Benton died. The police believe

EP 15

Sleight of Hand

Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for

EP 16

Counter Gambit

Two former cons hire Rockford to find an old girlfriend. They actually want her valuable pearl necklace and implicate hi

EP 17

Claire

Jim's old girlfriend, Claire Prescott, phones, and asks him to help give her protection from 2 hoods chasing her. He soo

EP 18

Say Goodbye to Jennifer

John Micelli's an old war buddy of Jim', who's now a fashion photographer. He hires Jim to track down a beautiful fashio

EP 19

Charlie Harris at Large

Charlie Harris, Rockford's former cell mate, is suspected of murdering his rich wife and is on the run. He calls on Rock

EP 20

The Four Pound Brick

A cop dies in an accident that his mother refuses to accept. Rocky offers Jim's services free of charge. After begrudgin

EP 21

Just by Accident

A race car driver dies in an apparent accident that his mother, an old friend of Jim's, thinks was no accident. It turns

EP 22

Roundabout

An insurance company hires Rockford to locate a missing woman who is due an inheritance. He finds her in Las Vegas where

EP 1

The Aaron Ironwood School of Success

Rockford's wealthy foster brother is wanted by the mob and the government.

EP 2

The Farnsworth Stratagem

Becker and a young writer ask for Rockford's help after they purchase a share in a condominium and discover they only ow

EP 3

Gearjammers (1)

Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.

EP 4

Gearjammers (2)

Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.

EP 5

The Deep Blue Sleep

The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.

EP 6

The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company

When a client's bail money disappears in a desert town, Rockford uncovers a major land swindle.

EP 7

The Real Easy Red Dog

A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.

EP 8

Resurrection in Black & White

A magazine writer seeks evidence to free a man she thinks was wrongly convicted of murder.

EP 9

Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken

A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.

EP 10

2 Into 5.56 Won't Go

While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms-smuggling ring.

EP 11

Pastoria Prime Pick

A farming hub has more business than it can handle, including giving Rockford the business. The PI's car breaks down nea

EP 12

The Reincarnation of Angie

Hoods snatch a stockbroker, and his sister hires Rockford for $23.64, because Jim's in the yellow pages and her big brot

EP 13

The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club

Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.

EP 14

The Hammer of C Block

A friend (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison after getting out, needs help clearing himself from the crime he was pu

EP 15

The No-Cut Contract

A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.

EP 16

A Portrait of Elizabeth

A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.

EP 17

Joey Blue Eyes

Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.

EP 18

In Hazard

Beth has trouble and is nearly killed by a client with tax trouble.

EP 19

The Italian Bird Fiasco

Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.

EP 20

Where's Houston?

Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crook

EP 21

Foul on the First Play

Another detective tries to use Rockford to help a client obtain a basketball franchise.

EP 22

A Bad Deal in the Valley

A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.

EP 1

The Fourth Man

Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's apparently being pursued by a hit man, and she's no idea why

EP 2

The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police, when a popular psychic fingers him as havin

EP 3

The Family Hour

Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.

EP 4

Feeding Frenzy

Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leadin

EP 5

Drought at Indianhead River

Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.

EP 6

Coulter City Wildcat

Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's see

EP 7

So Help Me God

Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.

EP 8

Rattlers' Class of '63

Angel is working a con involving the sale of a landfill, and unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a d

EP 9

Return to the 38th Parallel

Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.

EP 10

Piece Work

While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.

EP 11

The Trouble with Warren

Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.

EP 12

There's One in Every Port

After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.

EP 13

Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You

When several of Jim's fellow P.I.'s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to

EP 14

The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1

Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

EP 15

The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2

Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

EP 16

The Becker Connection

Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financia

EP 17

Just Another Polish Wedding

Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal

EP 18

New Life, Old Dragons

Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.

EP 19

To Protect and Serve: Part 1

Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.

EP 20

To Protect and Serve: Part 2

Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fiancé) but

EP 21

Crack Back

Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an imp

EP 22

Dirty Money, Black Light

Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.

EP 1

Beamer's Last Case

Rockford returns from vacation in Puerto Rico to discover someone has been using his identity, his trailer and totaled h

EP 2

Trouble in Chapter 17

Jim is reluctantly drawn into being bodyguard for a famous author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife is

EP 3

The Battle of Canoga Park

Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.

EP 4

Second Chance

When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.

EP 5

The Dog and Pony Show

Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligen

EP 6

Requiem for a Funny Box

A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.

EP 7

Quickie Nirvana

Rockford ends up regretting allowing an eccentric hippie woman to use his address temporarily, when her ex-boss sends a

EP 8

Irving the Explainer

Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painti

EP 9

The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls

Jim is hired by some small-town businessmen to help them buy a fire engine; they really want him to assassinate someone

EP 10

Hotel of Fear

Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.

EP 11

Forced Retirement

Beth's old college friend is in trouble when her company that is developing an submersible robot explorer becomes the ta

EP 12

The Queen of Peru

The RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen d

EP 13

A Deadly Maze

Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

EP 14

The Attractive Nuisance

An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.

EP 15

The Gang at Don's Drive-In

An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.

EP 16

The Paper Palace

A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.

EP 17

Dwarf in a Helium Hat

A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.

EP 18

South by Southeast

Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been iso

EP 19

The Competitive Edge

Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.

EP 20

The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall

When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

EP 21

The House on Willis Avenue (1)

When a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an a

EP 22

The House on Willis Avenue (2)

Part two of episode. Originally aired as 1 2-hour episode.

EP 1

Heartaches of a Fool

Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky en

EP 2

Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead

A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik (Rit

EP 3

The Jersey Bounce

Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John

EP 4

White on White and Nearly Perfect

Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyon

EP 5

Kill the Messenger

When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief

EP 6

The Empty Frame

At a swank party, attended by some of LA's high society and police dept. VIPs, in honor of Angel's brother-in-law, Aaron

EP 7

Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow

After being strong-armed by an Arab sheik and his goons, and getting no help from the police, Jim decides to track down

EP 8

A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights

Jim is forced to babysit Chicago ex-cop, now celebrity, "Frank Falcone," who has a television show and toy line. Falcone

EP 9

Black Mirror: Part 1

A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.

EP 10

Black Mirror: Part 2

Rockford's investigation of psychologist Megan Dougherty's stalker leads him to one of her patients who may have a split

EP 11

A Fast Count

Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.

EP 12

Local Man Eaten by Newspaper

Jim could use some saintly guidance when he goes undercover on a scandal rag that is getting confidential medical inform

EP 13

With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?

A fashion model friend of Jim is found dead on the ground below her balcony. The police believe it's suicide, but having

EP 14

The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar

Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing should

EP 15

Guilt

Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her l

EP 16

The Deuce

Having Jim doing jury duty leads to a mistrial and his being hired to investigate the case of pedestrian hit by a drunk-

EP 17

The Man Who Saw the Alligators

If having the IRS wanting to do an audit isn't bad enough, a gangster Jim helped put in prison is out on parole and want

EP 18

The Return of the Black Shadow

A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker p

EP 19

A Material Difference

Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.

EP 20

Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1

Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a co

EP 21

Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2

The con continues and proves successful when one of the fellow con-artists appears to make of with the check.

EP 22

A Different Drummer

While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.

EP 1

Paradise Cove

Jim's Malibu neighborhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.

EP 2

Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)

Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lau

EP 3

Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)

Jim traces a killer via a barman, florist and gangster in order to establish who ordered the Princess' friend killed…

EP 4

Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)

Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.

EP 5

Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)

While consoling his morose love-lorn friend Eddie, Jim continues to look for the missing producer. He eventually finds h

EP 6

Love Is the Word

Jim reconnects with Dr. Megan Dougherty and discovers she is engaged to another man. When she believes he is missing Jim

EP 7

Nice Guys Finish Dead

The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once mo

EP 8

The Hawaiian Headache

Jim is tricked into believing he's won a trip to Hawaii, when it really turns out to be doing a favor for an old army pa

EP 9

No Fault Affair

Rita Capkovic (Rita Moreno) comes to Jim for help after her former pimp has beaten her up for refusing to work for him a

EP 10

The Big Cheese

Rockford gets a phone call telling him to expect a package in the mail. Two hoods then murder the caller and go to Rockf

EP 11

Just a Coupla Guys

Rockford flies to Newark for a case and is robbed, leaving him stranded at the police station. Jim is caught in the midd

EP 12

Deadlock in Parma

In the series finale, Jim Rockford drives off into a California sunset in his wounded Firebird, after being ensnared in

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