Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
Norman Burton
- Markell
- (as Normann Burton)
Chuck Wassil
- Kevin Lindsey
- (as Chuck Winters)
Michael Alldredge
- Cab Driver
- (as Michael Alldridge)
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- TriviaIn real life, Stabila's yacht was the Zopilote, a 48-foot Pacemaker Sportsfisherman which had been extended by two feet and equipped with a whopping $85,000 in electronics (in 2016 dollars). Zopilote belonged to director and one-time race driver Bruce Kessler, who directed this episode. The yacht is extensively profiled in a five-page article in the November 1976 issue of Motor Boating & Sailing magazine. By 1985, Kessler had replaced his Pacemaker with the identically-named Zopilote, a 70-foot Delta Marine yacht in which he and his wife Joan Freeman circumnavigated the globe. After the second Zopilote foundered off the coast of Alaska in May 1993, Kessler tipped his hat at his earlier yachts with the 64-foot Spirit of Zopilote, the first yacht launched by Northern Marine.
- GoofsRockford writes down the license number of a car leaving Stabila's house as 436 LJN, but the license appears to be 874 MET. Also, a previous page in his notebook seems to have the license number written down already.
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Jim Rockford: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.
Tompkins: [Beeep] Tompkins at Guaranteed Insurance. About your burglary claim? Major loss alright. Funny you remembered to file... you didn't remember to pay your premium.
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Rockford, Al, and the vase
This installment of the Rockford Files guest stars Ned Beatty as Rockford's old military buddy, who just happens to be in town looking for detective work, and he wants to be partners with his old pal Jim. Veronica Hamel also has a few scenes as she enlists the help of Jim to help find her missing sister, and this occurs as Al(Beatty)is with Jim, and Al takes an interest in the case, even though Jim's gut tells him they should stay away from this potential case. In a surprise occurrence and some clever writing, both Al and the woman were a team all along, and the missing sister angle was entirely made up. They all get involved in an insurance case regarding a very expensive and rare vase which has a nice reward if found. Paul Stevens(Gunsmoke)is very convincing as John Stabila, who plays an art dealer who's somehow involved in the missing vase. After Jim finds out that his old pal basically stole his contacts and resources to better his chances at stealing the expensive vase, he catches up with Al on a train where the artifact supposedly is. After the 2 beat up the bad guys, Al tosses the crate(vase inside)off the train hoping to find it later on. The final scene has Jim without his suit jacket on(he was wearing it on the train, did it mysteriously disappear?)and Al both walking miles looking for the vase, which they never find. Rocky and Dennis have a few scenes also, as Rocky keeps pestering his son about the planned fishing trip, which Jim never seems able to get to.
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