Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind psychologist Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin ...
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| James Garner | ... | Jim Rockford | |
| Kathryn Harrold | ... | Megan Dougherty Adams | |
| Joe Santos | ... | Lt. Dennis Becker | |
| Bryan Cranston | ... | Patrick Dougherty | |
| Vladimir Skomarovsky | ... | Gennady Koblets | |
| Ramy Zada | ... | Festa | |
| Richard Kiley | ... | Frank Dougherty | |
| Stuart Margolin | ... | Angel Martin | |
| Ilia Volok | ... | Boris | |
| Lena Zhanik | ... | Ykaterina (as Elena De'Burdo) | |
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Grace Una | ... | Molly |
| Johnny Williams | ... | Johnny Zeps | |
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Jack Garner | ... | Captain McEnroe |
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Lyndsay Riddell | ... | Young Josie |
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John Christian Graas | ... | Daniel |
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Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind psychologist Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts everyone's life in danger. The weary Rockford must also deal with his old friend Angel, who is painting Jim's trailer to work off a debt. Written by Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com>
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Rockford rekindles a hot romance and faces some ruthless stone-cold killers.Parents Guide:
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18 September 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Rockford Files: Night Fishing See more »Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland and Cornelius Grant
Performed by The Faces
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Patrick Dougherty, listing his clients, includes "the writing team of Frolov and Schneider." This is an inside hello to Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider who had very recently worked with writer/producer/director David Chase on the series Northern Exposure (1990). See more »Goofs
It is clearly established in dialogue several times (as well as in a flashback sequence) that the character of Megan Dougherty was 15 in 1971. This would have made the character 22 years old -- yet somehow already a fully qualified Ph.D. psychiatrist with a long-established, thriving practice -- when she first appeared in the 1978 Rockford Files episode The Rockford Files: Black Mirror: Part 1. See more »Soundtracks
(I Know) I'm Losing You(uncredited)
Written by Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland and Cornelius Grant
Performed by The Faces
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