The Rockford Files
(1974–1980)
Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).
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Title: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (12 Oct 1979)
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| James Garner | ... | Jim Rockford | |
| Noah Beery Jr. | ... | Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford (as Noah Beery) | |
| Joe Santos | ... | Dennis Becker | |
| Lauren Bacall | ... | Kendall Warren | |
| Dana Wynter | ... | Princess Irene Rachevsky | |
| Carmine Caridi | ... | Tommy Manette | |
| Ed Nelson | ... | Blake Sternlight | |
| James Luisi | ... | Lt. Doug Chapman | |
| Corinne Camacho | ... | Linda Hassler (as Corinne Michaels) | |
| Michael Lombard | ... | August Fairfield | |
| Leo Gordon | ... | Charlie Martell (as Leo V. Gordon) | |
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Christopher Thomas | ... | Freddie Danzig |
| Stuart Margolin | ... | Angel Martin | |
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Jack Garner | ... | Capt. McEnroe |
| Robert Dunlap | ... | Repairman Craig | |
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Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).
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Betty Farnell: [Beeep] This is Betty Farnell. I don't know who to call, but I can't reach my foodaholics partner! I'm at Vito's on my second pizza with sausages and mushrooms; Jim come and get me!
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After The Rockford Files concluded production, Garner and Bacall worked together on 2 more projects. They worked together on the movies: HealtH (1980), and the following year The Fan (1981). See more »Goofs
As Jim visits the princess for the first time, the large shadow of the moving boom mic is very apparent on the wall behind them. See more »Quotes
Jim Rockford: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.Betty Farnell: [Beeep] This is Betty Farnell. I don't know who to call, but I can't reach my foodaholics partner! I'm at Vito's on my second pizza with sausages and mushrooms; Jim come and get me!
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Crazy Credits
The title is introduced in a staggered fashion. As patrons drive up to a restaurant's valet station, the word "Lions" appears when an elderly couple in a Rolls Royce drive up; then "Tigers" when a couple drive up in a Ferrari 308; then "Monkeys" when a wild costumed couple arrive in a modified Duesenberg convertible; and finally, "Dogs" when Rockford and his date appear in his gold Pontiac. See more »Alternate Versions
This special double-length episode (2 hours with commercials) was split in 2 parts for syndication. That version adds a "next on" sequence and closing credits both at the end of "part 1", and a "coming up" preview, opening credits, and a "previously on" sequence all at the beginning of "part 2". See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
12 October 1979 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Sheraton Universal Hotel - 333 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions, Cherokee Productions, Universal Television See more »
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Picking up where the first part left off, the man who tried to kill Lauren Bacall is killed himself falling from a terrace quite accidentally. Accident it may be, but it doesn't stop Lt.Chapman from trying to pin a homicide on Jim Rockford. The influence of society lady and princess Dana Wynter frustrates him no end.
Through some Rockford type conning aided and abetted by Lauren Bacall, Garner learns the deceased was a connected guy to mobster Carmine Caridi. Garner gets a mob like warning, but later in he and Bacall find Caridi dead while shadowing him. In fact they see him die quite violently from a poison.
In the end we find out just who and why someone wants Lauren Bacall dead. It is a motive that is incredibly bizarre, but think about the famous Raymond Chandler novel Farewell My Lovely and why someone wants poor dumb Moose Malloy dead. Something along the same lines.
More than most you want to see Lauren Bacall come back as for more episodes. She and Wynter make some more indelible characters that The Rockford Files gave for its viewers.