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The Rockford Files Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Heartaches of a Fool
Fri, Sep 22, 1978 60 mins
Rockford sniffs into a crooked sausage-making operation. Charlie Strayhorn: Taylor Lacher. Carrie: Lynne Marta. Hillman: Mark Roberts. Roland Eddy: Norman Alden. Clement Chen: James Shigeta.
Episode 2
Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
Fri, Sep 29, 1978 60 mins
Rita Capkovic is charged with murder. Phil Gabriel: Abe Vigoda. Donald Pilmer: Robin Gammell.
Episode 3
The Jersey Bounce
Fri, Oct 6, 1978 60 mins
A prior altercation makes Rockford the suspect in the murder of a hooligan. Ward: Sorrell Booke. Cooper: Bo Hopkins. Long: Eugene M. Davis. Conigliaro: Greg Antonacci. Dawn: Doney Oatman.
Episode 4
White on White and Nearly Perfect
Fri, Oct 20, 1978 60 mins
Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.
Episode 5
Kill the Messenger
Fri, Oct 27, 1978 60 mins
Becker can't find time to study for his lieutenant's exam. Chapman: James Luisi. Peggy: Pat Finley. Chief Towne: Byron Morrow. Billings: Luis Delgado. Dusenberg: W.K. Stratton.
Episode 6
The Empty Frame
Fri, Nov 3, 1978 60 mins
Rockford investigates an art theft at a party, much to the annoyance of the police. Becker: Joe Santos. Angel: Stuart Margolin. Chapman: James Luisi. Salducci: Lee Delano. St. Clair: Richard Seff. LeVane: Paul Carr. Hindel: Jonathan Goldsmith.
Episode 7
Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow
Fri, Nov 10, 1978 60 mins
After being strong-armed by an Arab sheik and his goons, and getting no help from the police, Jim decides to track down the two people who caused his trouble: a soft-voiced gigolo and the sheik's naive daughter.
Episode 8
A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
Fri, Nov 17, 1978 60 mins
A cop-turned-writer keeps falling into trouble. Falcone: Hector Elizondo. Seals: James B. Sikking. Wexler: Jerry Douglas. Augie: Nicolas Coster. Parsons: James Murtaugh. Linda: Jenny Sherman.
Episode 9
Black Mirror: Part 1
Fri, Nov 24, 1978 60 mins
Part 1 of two. Rockford falls for a blind psychologist (Kathryn Harrold) with a dangerously psychotic patient. Charles Martell: Leo V. Gordon. Billings: Luis Delgado. Becker: Joe Santos.
Episode 10
Black Mirror
Fri, Nov 24, 1978 60 mins
Conclusion. Megan may have been attacked by a patient she diagnosed as nonviolent. Danny: John Pleshette. Rockford: James Garner. Martell: Leo V. Gordon. Savio: Brian Cutler.
Episode 11
A Fast Count
Fri, Dec 1, 1978 60 mins
A TV personality tries to frame a boxer's manager. Morry: Kenneth McMillan. Jesus: Rocky Echevarria. White: Lawrence Casey. Nelson: Len Wayland. Rockford: James Garner.
Episode 12
Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
Fri, Dec 8, 1978 60 mins
Rockford receives unfavorable notice from a scandal sheet as he digs into a shooting. Witbeck: Scott Brady. Arno: Scott Marlowe. Cooper: Bo Hopkins. Natalie: Rose Gregorio. Johnny: Gianni Russo. Rockford: James Garner.
Episode 13
If French Heels Are Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
Fri, Jan 5, 1979 60 mins
One suicide plus one homicide equals two murders. Masters: Rene Auberjonois. Alta: Erin Gray. Sophia: Marisa Pavan. Bancroft: Howard Witt. Carol: Chris Palmer.
Episode 14
The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
Fri, Jan 12, 1979 60 mins
Rockford hitches a ride with a guy who leaves him with the car (that's right, it's stolen). Eleanor: Marge Redmond. Spelling: Glenn Corbett. Donnegan: Lane Smith. Tony Musia: Dawson Mays.
Episode 15
Guilt
Fri, Jan 19, 1979 60 mins
Rockford's former girlfriend is being terrorized. Joe Zakarian: Robert Quarry. Jean Ludwig: Elizabeth Brooks.
Episode 16
The Deuce
Fri, Jan 26, 1979 60 mins
Rockford takes up the cause of a drunken driver accused of causing a traffic death. George Bassett: Mills Watson. Karen Hathaway: Sharon Spelman. Fran Bassett: Patricia Hindy.
Episode 17
The Man Who Saw the Alligators
Sat, Feb 10, 1979 60 mins
Angel blabs Rockford's hideout to a syndicate thug. Anthony Boy: George Loros. Adriana: Sharon Acker. Richie Gagglio: Joey Aresco. Minett: Joseph Sirola. Rockford: James Garner.
Episode 18
Return of the Black Shadow
Sat, Feb 17, 1979 60 mins
Rockford's friend goes after the motorcycle gang that brutalized his sister and Rockford (James Garner). Whispering Willie: Paul Koslo. Animal: Dennis Burkley. Gail Cooper: Laurie Jefferson. Phil: Andy Jarrell. Dr. Greenberg: Noah Keen.
Episode 19
A Material Difference
Sat, Feb 24, 1979 60 mins
Angel accepts a large advance as a hit man with no intention of completing the contract. Barnard: Michael McGuire. Bert: David Tress. Dobson: Michael Alldredge. Holt: Joshua Bryant.
Episode 20
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job
Sat, Mar 3, 1979 60 mins
Part 1 of two. Richie Brockelman enlists Rockford to help swindle a swindler. Coombs: Robert Webber. Littrell: Gary Crosby. Mr. Brockelman: Harold Gould. Mrs. Brockelman: Kim Hunter.
Episode 21
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job
Sat, Mar 3, 1979 60 mins
Conclusion. An artifacts exhibition figures into a swindler's motives. Richie: Dennis Dugan. Coombs: Robert Webber. Mrs. Brockelman: Kim Hunter. Mr. Brockelman: Harold Gould.
Episode 22
A Different Drummer
Fri, Apr 13, 1979 60 mins
Hospitalised by an accident, Rockford is convinced he sees a cadaver's arm move just as an organ is being extracted.