Episode

The Rockford Files: Foul on the First Play

Name: The Rockford Files: Foul on the First Play
Released: 1976-03-12
Duration: 42 min
Cast: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Gretchen Corbett, Stuart Margolin

The Rockford FilesSeason 21976-03-12

Overview

Another detective tries to use Rockford to help a client obtain a basketball franchise.

Details

Series: The Rockford Files
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 21
Air date: 1976-03-12
Runtime: 42 min

Episode context

Foul on the First Play is Episode 21 in Season 2 of The Rockford Files. It aired on 1976-03-12. The runtime is 42 min.

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Episode 20: Where's Houston? 1976-02-20 | 48 min Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.

Episode 22: A Bad Deal in the Valley 1976-03-19 | 42 min A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.

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Episode 19: The Italian Bird Fiasco 1976-02-12 | 49 min Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.

Episode 18: In Hazard 1976-02-05 | 47 min Beth has trouble and is nearly killed by a client with tax trouble.

Episode 17: Joey Blue Eyes 1976-01-29 | 48 min Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.

Episode 16: A Portrait of Elizabeth 1976-01-23 | 48 min A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.

Episode 15: The No-Cut Contract 1976-01-16 | 45 min A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.

Episode 14: The Hammer of C Block 1976-01-09 | 48 min A friend (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison after getting out, needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.

Episode 13: The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club 1975-12-19 | 47 min Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.

Episode 12: The Reincarnation of Angie 1975-12-05 | 45 min Hoods snatch a stockbroker, and his sister hires Rockford for $23.64, because Jim's in the yellow pages and her big brother instructed her not to dial the cops. Jim's protective of the naive 25 year old bookkeeper, despite the tiny fee, because he fears her brother is dead, and she can't accept that her only relative, who's always taken care of her, may be mixed up in a securities scam.

Episode 11: Pastoria Prime Pick 1975-11-28 | 48 min A farming hub has more business than it can handle, including giving Rockford the business. The PI's car breaks down near the boomtown, after a source Rockford contacts in a divorce case steers Rockford there. While his car is being worked on, Rockford is quickly entangled between an underage motel worker and her jealous cop boyfriend, and in a double-cross over a narcotics deal. Is it just another tricky day for unlucky Jim, or is bucolic New Pastoria a sunny sin city ?

Episode 10: 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go 1975-11-21 | 48 min While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms-smuggling ring.