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The Rockford Files

  • Watchlist
  • 1974-1980
  • 6 Seasons
  • NBC
  • Suspense, Drama
  • TV-PG
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Television series about Jim Rockford, an ex-convict-turned-private-investigator who would rather run away than fight and would rather go fishing than work. He isn't a coward, and he isn't lazy -- just rather on the cautious side, that's all. And he bears a very strong resemblance to Western television hero Bret Maverick. Rockford is sometimes assisted (and sometimes deterred) in his cases by friends Dennis Becker (a police detective), Evelyn "Angel" Martin (his cowardly former cellmate) and pretty Beth Davenport (his lawyer).

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James Garner
Jim Rockford
Noah Beery Jr.
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
Joe Santos
Dennis Becker

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Episode 1

Paradise Cove

Fri, Sep 28, 197960 mins

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

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Awards

  • 1980 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1980 - Golden Globe - Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1978 - Golden Globe - Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1979 - Golden Globe - Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama - nominated

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