Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
Joe Santos
- Dennis Becker
- (credit only)
Norman Blankenship
- Russ
- (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Terry Leonard
- Ed
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe diner was located at the Courthouse Square section of the Universal Studios backlot, where the Clock Tower on Back to the Future (1985) was situated; Lou's Diner residing across the street from the Tower in the movie, which in fact was the same diner used in this episode.
- GoofsWhen Jim leaves Rocky's house...the bad guys (Dennis Burkley and accomplice) car (what appears to be Kojak's cruiser) is not visible, though the bad guys are waiting inside. When the bad guys leave, their car is now visible, though neither one went outside to move it.
- Quotes
Jim Rockford: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.
Shirley: [Beeep] It's Shirley at the Plant and Pot. There's no easy way to tell you this Jim. We did everything we could... Your fern died...
Featured review
There Will be Rockfords
I consider this one of the better episodes of the fine Rockford Files mainly because the partnership between father and son, Rocky and Rockford, and how they care for each other, even though it's not always evident in many of the shows. Their relationship isn't cold by any means, but it appears that neither really open up about their true feelings; many times Jim happens to turn down Rocky's request to go fishing because he's usually "busy" or his mind is on other things. Now, Rocky is the one turning down his son's request this time around because it appears that he's in a grumpy mood because he's aging and the mail isn't what it used to be; one of the envelopes in the mail is regarding an oil lease, and some goons soon rough up Rocky and make him sign the lease over to someone else. The remainder of the episode is basically father and son for most of the scenes, as they see who and why Rocky was assaulted and who has his lease, although I can't quite recall the particulars of why he has the lease in the first place, but a shady character sold it to him. Along the way, you may recognize Noble Willingham as some sort of oil lease authority, who breaks the bad news at the end of the episode that the Rockford's won't get the $42,000/day they thought they were getting. This is a very picturesque episode with many terrific shots of the highway, oil field, and a small town, but perhaps the most important moments revolve around how father and son work together to make things right and enjoy spending time with each other.
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- stones78
- Apr 10, 2011
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