Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
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Title: The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (TV Movie 1999)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Garner | ... | Jim Rockford | |
| Rita Moreno | ... | Rita Kapkovic Landale | |
| Joe Santos | ... | Lt. Dennis Becker | |
| Gretchen Corbett | ... | Beth Davenport | |
| Tom Atkins | ... | Cmdr. Alex Diehl | |
| Loryn Locklin | ... | Cindy Carteret | |
| Stephanie Faracy | ... | Selma Drown | |
| Denise Crosby | ... | Mrs. Muller | |
| George Wyner | ... | Leonard Gillespie | |
| Juanita Jennings | ... | Helen Picker | |
| Hal Linden | ... | Ernie Landale | |
| Stuart Margolin | ... | Angel Martin | |
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Gerry Gibson | ... | Critch |
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Jack Garner | ... | Capt. McEnroe |
| Luis Avalos | ... | Alvin Sudakis | |
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Retired private detective Jim Rockford must investigate a series of child rapes when his friend Ernie Landale, a respected school teacher, is accused of the molestations. Through circumstantial evidence, Landale is hounded by the police, the media, school officials, even people he thought were his friends, even though he has not been found guilty in a court of law, nor even charged with the crimes through much of the film. As Landale, his wife Rita, his attorney Beth and police lieutenant Becker fight the battle of public opinion, Rockford realizes the only way to clear his friend's name is to find the real rapist. Written by Marty McKee <mmckee@soltec.net>
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 April 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rockford: Nur Blut verkauft sich gut See more »Filming Locations:
Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USACompany Credits
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The Rockford movies in the Nineties were familiar and unchallenged, kind of like drinking a warm cup of cocoa. While Jim is more cranky than charming, Dennis is as put-upon as ever, Angel remains Angel and the Firebird's always getting dinged.
The first four were entertaining, but there's a real drop-off in quality after "Godfather Knows Best." I think that's when they stopped caring and just took the money. The movies also seemed to get darker and more violent. The last one, "If It Bleeds, It Leads" is actually a lousy way to wrap up the series. I remember hearing that it was the last one and had sat on a shelf for a year or two. When I saw it, I knew why. It's awful and depressing. Stay with the earlier TV movies if you need a Rockford Nineties fix.