The Rockford Files (Seasons 1–6)

Name: The Rockford Files
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Crime
Released: 1974-09-13T00:00:00Z
Rating: 7.6
Cast: James Garner, Bernard McEveety, Hy Averback, Charles S. Dubin, Alexander Singer

This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.

Mystery Drama Crime

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Premiere

Sep1974

Studios

Cherokee Productions Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions Universal Television

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Synopsis

The Rockford Files (1974–1980) is the American detective series you can watch online on iFILM. Jim Rockford is a private eye who once did prison time for a crime he didn't commit, and now charges two hundred dollars a day for the cases nobody else will touch.

His office is a trailer parked on a Malibu beach, and he'd rather talk his way out of trouble than fight — though he takes plenty of punches anyway. James Garner plays him with no heroic gloss: he grumbles, dodges, borrows money, and still untangles the messiest jobs. Around him are his cranky father Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, his slippery ex-con buddy Angel, and a lawyer who keeps bailing him out. Each episode opens on that famous answering-machine gag, and it sets the whole tone.

Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell built the show by turning the genre inside out: instead of an untouchable tough guy, a charming underdog who'd sooner run than draw a gun. Six seasons, the 1978 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, and a reputation as one of TV's most influential detective shows. One for fans of easygoing, old-school mysteries with a sense of humor. Stream every season of The Rockford Files online on iFILM.

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