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Director:

Richard T. Heffron

Writers:

Stephen J. Cannell (writer)
Roy Huggins (writer)

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Release Date:

27 March 1974 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Drama more

Plot:

Private investigator Jim Rockford is hired by a beautiful young woman to solve the murder of her father... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

And no answering machine in sight. more (3 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Garner ... Jim Rockford

Lindsay Wagner ... Sara Butler

William Smith ... Jerry Grimes
Nita Talbot ... Mildred Elias

Joe Santos ... Detective Dennis Becker
Robert Donley ... Joseph Rockford
Stuart Margolin ... Evelyn 'Angel' Martin

Michael Lerner ... Coroner Ruben Seelman
Bill Mumy ... Nick Butler
Pat Renella ... Morrie Talbot
Ted Gehring ... Norm Mitchell
Joshua Bryant ... Captain Harry Dell
Bill Quinn ... Harry Butler
Robert Williams ... Arnold DeMura
Claude Johnson ... Officer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
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Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Jim Rockford: I'm investigating the Kirkoff killings and I heard you were having an affair with Mrs. Kirkoff before she was killed.
Travis Buckman: Private cop, huh?
Jim Rockford: Look, you aren't gonna shoot anybody, we both know it, so why don't you put that thing away before you have an accident.
Travis Buckman: Who're you working for?
Jim Rockford: Well, that's confidential.
[Buckman cocks his gun]
Jim Rockford: Larry Kirkoff.
Travis Buckman: Larry Kirkoff? What you are, hard up for work or something?
Jim Rockford: Can I have my pants, please?
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Movie Connections:

Followed by The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997) (TV) more


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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
And no answering machine in sight., 8 February 2004
Author: Victor Field from London, England

"The Rockford Files" was never a big ratings success, but it found its audience during its six-year run, and to this day is liked by many who watched it in first-run episodes and repeats. The pilot TV movie has all of the elements that made the series so well-remembered; James Garner's performance as wrongfully imprisoned ex-con and now private investigator Jim Rockford; the laid-back Southern California settings; his supportive-if-old-cootish dad Rocky (played here by Robert Donley instead of Noah Beery), police contact Becker and parolee friend Angel; and Stephen J. Cannell's writing (David Chase may get a lot of the credit these days because of "The Sopranos," but the fact that Cannell's best known creation is "The A-Team" overlooks his having more in his arsenal than just the four members of a crack commando unit). The mystery - a pre-Jaime Sommers Lindsay Wagner hires our hero to find out who killed her father - and the characterisation exist side by side, and if it isn't exactly hardboiled it does make you want to watch more episodes of the series. Pilots have to introduce the characters, make you want to see more of them, and tell good stories. The cast, director Richard T. Heffron, Cannell and the late Roy Huggins (aka John Thomas James) succeeded on all three counts.

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