The Rockford Files

• Director: Richard T. Heffron
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• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Detective Film
• Main Cast: Robert Donley, James Garner
• Release Year: 1974
• Country: US
• Run Time: 74 minutes

Plot

James Garner first assumed the bethumped mantle of Private Investigator Jim Rockford on March 27, 1974. The original Rockford Files TV movie, like the long running series that followed, starred Garner as an ex-con who only takes cases that the people have been unable to solve. Future Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner is the person retaining Rockford's service in this first adventure. She wishes Jim to investigate the death of her father, a skid-row derelict whose demise the police have written off as natural causes. Robert Donley plays Jim Rockford's father in the inaugural Rockford Files, a role that was filled by Noah Beery Jr. in the series proper. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Joshua Bryant - Capt. Harry Dell; Robert Donley - Joseph Rockford; James Garner - Jim Rockford; Ted Gehring - Norm Mitchell; Claude Johnson - Officer; Michael Lerner - Coroner Ruben Seelman; Bill Mumy - Nick Butler; Bill Quinn - Harry Butler; Pat Renella - Morrie Talbot; Joe Santos - Det. Dennis Becker; William Smith - Jerry Grimes; Mike Steele - Danford Baker; Nita Talbot - Mildred Elias; Lindsay Wagner; Robert B. Williams - Arnold DeMura; Stuart Margolin - Evelyn "Angel" Martin; Jack Garner - Man in Washroom

Credit

Robert Luthardt - Art Director, Richard T. Heffron - Director, John Dumas - Editor, Jo Swerling, Jr. - Executive Producer, Meta Rosenberg - Executive Producer, Mike Post - Composer (Music Score), Pete Carpenter - Composer (Music Score), Lamar Boren - Cinematographer, Leonard J. South - Cinematographer, Stephen J. Cannell - Producer, Jesse Wayne - Stunts, Stephen J. Cannell - Teleplay By, John Thomas James - Screen Story