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Foul on the First Play ()

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  • Season 2
  • Episode 21
After learning that the parole officer who hired him is actually a private detective, Rockford works to even the score in this case about a basketball franchise and the would-be owner who refuses to play by the rules.
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Jim Rockford
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Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford (creditOnly) (as Noah Beery)
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Dennis Becker (creditOnly)
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Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien (as Lou Gossett)
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Manny Stickells (as Dick Davalos)
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Martin Eastman
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Greg Smith
James Ingersoll ...
Steve Sorenson
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Tom Corell
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Todd Morris
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Commissioner Tremayne
Vincent Cobb ...
Ray Fairchild
Pamela Serpe ...
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Sherm Addison
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Leasing Agent
Janet Winter ...
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Janice

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Lou Antonio

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Roy Huggins ... (created by) (creator) and
Stephen J. Cannell ... (created by) (creator)
 
Stephen J. Cannell ... (teleplay by)
 
Chas. Floyd Johnson ... (story by) &
Dorothy J. Bailey ... (story by)

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Stephen J. Cannell ... supervising producer
Chas. Floyd Johnson ... producer
Meta Rosenberg ... executive producer

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Pete Carpenter
Mike Post

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Andrew Jackson ... director of photography

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Buford F. Hayes

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Robert Crawley Sr.

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Robert L. Zilliox

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Lester Wm. Berke ... unit manager (as Les Berke)
Charles Clement ... post production operations head (uncredited)

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Clifford C. Coleman ... assistant director (as Cliff Coleman)

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Stan Benbrooks ... assistant property master
Craig Binkley ... property master (uncredited)

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John R. Carter ... sound (as John Carter)

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Tony Brubaker ... stunts

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Charles Waldo ... costumes

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Michael Boddicker ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)

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Juanita Bartlett ... executive story consultant
Jack Cole ... title designer: main titles
Lorraine C Dow ... film librarian
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Plot Summary

Jim's shackled to his former parole officer, Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.), who's now a PI himself, when competition for a new NBA franchise ensnares both men. Jim can't figure which jock/sucker, the motor mouth Marc is working for, but whoever it is, they're causing Jim a lot of pain - the physical kind. Written by David Stevens

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  • Foul on the First Play (United States)
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  • 50 min
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Trivia The first appearance of Louis Gossett Jr. (wearing an obvious hair-piece, as Gossett always shaved his head, as will be seen in his second series appearance) as private eye/con man Marcus Hayes. James Garner liked to work with actors he had previously worked with and Mr. Gossett was no exception. The pair had co-starred in Skin Game (1971), in which they played a pair of late 19th century con men. See more »
Goofs Throughout the series, Rockford is out of prison because he was pardoned but in this episode, Hayes is the parole officer who sent Rockford back up for breaking parole. See more »
Soundtracks The Rockford Files See more »
Quotes Jim Rockford: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.
Caller: Jim, it's Eddie. You were right about Sweet Talk in the seventh. She breezed in, paid $72.50. But I didn't get your bet down.
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