Jim is hired by Beth Davenport to help clear her female client accused of murdering her husband.Jim is hired by Beth Davenport to help clear her female client accused of murdering her husband.Jim is hired by Beth Davenport to help clear her female client accused of murdering her husband.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
Stephen Burnette
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Gloria Dixon
- Matron
- (uncredited)
Len Felber
- Construction Worker
- (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
- Observer at Crime Scene
- (uncredited)
Chester Hayes
- Construction Worker
- (uncredited)
George Hickman
- Old Man at Police Station
- (uncredited)
Arnold Roberts
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst appearance in the series for Beth Davenport, portrayed by Gretchen Corbett.
- GoofsBeth Davenport tells Jim that the book's copyright can be taken if not renewed by the author in a timely manner under 17 U.S.C. 24. Title 17 of federal law does govern copyrights but there is no chapter 24. The Title has only 13 chapters.
- Quotes
[Beth Davenport hides Jim's car keys in her blouse]
Jim Rockford: If you think that's going to stop me, you've got a short memory.
- ConnectionsReferences The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Pro Bono work for a Pro Bono client
I've always thought of Beth Davenport as a great feminist role model. Pretty, smart, and accomplished, Gretchen Corbett finally makes partner in her law firm in her last appearance in The Rockford Files.
So Corbett enters and we already know she's Jim Rockford's attorney and God knows he needs one with all the scrapes he gets into and the police looking to nail him for something.
Corbett kind of, sort of cons James Garner to working for her pro bono client Patricia Smith who is accused of killing her husband by setting a fire that did him in. They're newly arrived in town and get to crash a very swank party given by Walter Brooke and Nancy Malone and arranged by Linden Chiles.
No sooner does Rockford start looking into the background of the deceased than two attempts are made to kill him and the second almost killing Beth Davenport. The deceased apparently did not exist before he married Smith. The deceased is also described as an itinerant poet and drifter.
But he was far more than that. Just his mere existence threatens the well ordered world of the three above people.
It's quite a hold he has on them as it turns out. It's also quite a con Beth Davenport pulls on Jim Rockford. Worthy of an Ange.
So Corbett enters and we already know she's Jim Rockford's attorney and God knows he needs one with all the scrapes he gets into and the police looking to nail him for something.
Corbett kind of, sort of cons James Garner to working for her pro bono client Patricia Smith who is accused of killing her husband by setting a fire that did him in. They're newly arrived in town and get to crash a very swank party given by Walter Brooke and Nancy Malone and arranged by Linden Chiles.
No sooner does Rockford start looking into the background of the deceased than two attempts are made to kill him and the second almost killing Beth Davenport. The deceased apparently did not exist before he married Smith. The deceased is also described as an itinerant poet and drifter.
But he was far more than that. Just his mere existence threatens the well ordered world of the three above people.
It's quite a hold he has on them as it turns out. It's also quite a con Beth Davenport pulls on Jim Rockford. Worthy of an Ange.
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- bkoganbing
- Apr 5, 2015
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- 3972 Alta Vista Dr, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA(Russell house)
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