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1974, TV Show

Episode Detail: Nice Guys Finish Dead - Rockford Files

Quintessential episode (about murder at a gumshoe-of-the-year banquet), with James Garner getting fine comic support from Tom Selleck (as Lance White) and James Whitmore Jr. (as Beamer). Vern St. Cloud: Simon Oakland. Larry: Larry Manetti. Brandy: Erica Hagen. Carmine: Joe Bernard.

Episodes: Nice Guys Finish Dead - Rockford Files - 140 total Episodes

6/17/2007: Rockford Files Marathon
10/20/1978: White on White and Nearly Perfect
The No-Fault Affair
Black Mirror
Only Rock and Roll Will Never Die
The Kirkoff Case
Foul on the First Plan
Lions, Tigers Monkeys and Dogs
Pastoria Prime Pick
To Protect and Serve
Only Rockand Roll Will Never Die
The Dark and Bloody Ground
Just by Accident
The Real Easy Red Dog
Joey Blue Eyes
There's One in Every Port
Trouble in Chapter 17
Irving the Explainer
Dwarf in a Helium Hat
Kill the Messenger
The Empty Frame
Paradise Cove
Nice Guys Finish Dead
Profit and Loss
This Case Is Closed
Black Mirror
Rockford Files
The Queen of Peru
The No-Cut Contract
The Big Ripoff
Claire
Resurrection in Black and White
The Family Hour
Drought at Indianhead River
The Second Chance
The Competitive Edge
The Man Who Saw the Alligators
A Material Difference
Deadlock in Parma
The Backlash of the Hunter
The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers
To Protect and Serve
Gearjammers
The Farnsworth Stratagem
The Deadly Maze
The Tall Woman in the Red Wagon
Roundabout
A Portrait of Elizabeth
Piece Work
The Trouble with Warren
The Deep Blue Sleep
Profit and Loss
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones
The House on Willis Avenue
Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs
Only Rock and Roll Will Never Die
The Backlash of the Hunter
The Four Pound Brick
The Kirkoff Case
The Countess
Find Me if You Can
Sleight of Hand
The Girl in the Bay City Boys' Club
The Italian Bird Fiasco
The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls
The Gang at Don's Drive-in
A Fast Count
The Deuce
A Different Drummer
The Hawaiian Headache
Black Mirror
Say Good-bye to Jennifer
The House on Willis Avenue
Coulter City Wildcats
The Tall Woman in the Red Wagon
The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
This Case Is Closed
Charlie Harris at Large
The Reincarnation of Angie
In Hazard
The Fourth Man
Just Another Polish Wedding
Beamer's Last Case
The Battle of Canoga Park
Heartaches of a Fool
The Jersey Bounce
In Pursuit of Carol Thorne
The Dexter Crisis
Aura Lee Farewell
Counter Gambit
So Help Me God
Hotel of Fear
The Paper Palace
South by Southeast
Guilt
Love Is the Word
The Backlash of the Hunter
The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
If French Heels Are Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
Requiem for a Funny Box
Gearjammers
Rockford Files
Exit Prentiss Carr
Caledonia: It's Worth a Fortune
The Hammer of C Block
Return to the 38th Parallel
Crack Back
Forced Retirement
The Attractive Nuisance
Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
The Aaron Ironwood School of Success
Three-Day Affair with a 30-Day Escrow
The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job
2 Into 5.56 Won't Go
The House on Willis Avenue
Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job
New Life, Old Dragons
Rattlers' Class of '63
Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
Where's Houston?
A Bad Deal in the Valley
Feeding Frenzy
The Becker Connection
The Dog and Pony Show
Quickie Nirvana
The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall
A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
Return of the Black Shadow
The Big Cheese
Just a Coupla Guys
Gearjammers
To Protect and Serve
The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers
Dirty Money, Black Light
This Case Is Closed
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job

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Premiered: September 13, 1974, on NBC

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulled no punches (but took plenty of them) in this popular 1970s series, which won the star an Emmy and brought the character back in several TV-movies. Rockford was an ex-con (sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit) who took on cases others didn't want. He was aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.

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