A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
René Assa
- Jeannot Tunier
- (as Rena Assa)
R. Norwood Smith
- Henry Helpern
- (as Norwood Smith)
Arnold Roberts
- Chauffer
- (uncredited)
Maxine Stewart
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaRita Moreno won a 1978 Emmy® award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her work in this episode.
- GoofsIn the scene where Jim and Rita are staking out The Canadian American Trading Company, when Mr. Woodruff comes out of the building and gets into his limo, Jim reaches for something, seemingly to start his car to follow Woodruff, and the sound of an engine starting is clearly heard, the keys/ignition are clearly visible, but Jim does not touch the keys before or while the engine is heard to start.
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Rita Capkovic: [at the Becker dinner table] You know the one animal I can't stand? Monkeys. I had one once. I only kept him for a couple of weeks. They make the place so smelly. Now you take cats. All you need is a litter box and that's it. Now that monkey, he made all over my new couch. He made all over my floor. You'd come through my door and find yourself up to your buns in ...
Peggy Becker: Broccoli?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978)
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Too much Rita
This episode has the special guest star as Rita Moreno, who does a commendable job as a prostitute, but my biggest qualm is that she becomes the lead character as most scenes revolve around her, and Jim almost seemed a secondary character to me. I'll assume Moreno had the star power in 1978, but I prefer Rockford performing some scenes on his own, which doesn't happen here often, if at all. The subject matter has to do with a hockey team, and an old lady friend of Rita's(named Maggie), who's husband owned part or all of the team. After a botched attempt on Rita's life occurs by 2 French goons, she moves in with Maggie, who herself gets murdered by the same men. It's solid writing as usual, but I cringed when I saw Moreno's name(she may be a solid actress)because she usually takes over as the lead; I believe she stars in 2 other episodes as the same character. A few scenes worth seeing is the funny dinner scene at the Becker's(funny comments by Bruce Kirby), and when Jim and Rita drive to the hockey party/convention; the drive is along this scenic road with palm trees. I'm a sucker for the great outdoor shots as it has this cool mellow feeling.
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