Episode

The Rockford Files: A Different Drummer

Name: The Rockford Files: A Different Drummer
Released: 1979-04-13
Duration: 43 min
Cast: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Gretchen Corbett, Stuart Margolin

The Rockford FilesSeason 51979-04-13

Overview

While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.

Details

Series: The Rockford Files
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 22
Air date: 1979-04-13
Runtime: 43 min

Episode context

A Different Drummer is Episode 22 in Season 5 of The Rockford Files. It aired on 1979-04-13. The runtime is 43 min.

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Episode 18: The Return of the Black Shadow 1979-02-17 | 49 min A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker period in his past when he was in a biker gang.

Episode 17: The Man Who Saw the Alligators 1979-02-10 | 49 min If having the IRS wanting to do an audit isn't bad enough, a gangster Jim helped put in prison is out on parole and wants a pound of his flesh in revenge.

Episode 16: The Deuce 1979-01-25 | 43 min Having Jim doing jury duty leads to a mistrial and his being hired to investigate the case of pedestrian hit by a drunk-driver that brought the accused to court.

Episode 15: Guilt 1979-01-19 | 48 min Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.

Episode 14: The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar 1979-01-12 | 43 min Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing shoulders with the FBI and the Company.

Episode 13: With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind? 43 min A fashion model friend of Jim is found dead on the ground below her balcony. The police believe it's suicide, but having gotten a desperate phone call from her, Jim believes it's murder.

Episode 12: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper 1978-12-08 | 48 min Jim could use some saintly guidance when he goes undercover on a scandal rag that is getting confidential medical information on a doctor's famous, and infamous, patients.

Episode 11: A Fast Count 1978-12-01 | 43 min Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.