Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
- (credit only)
Steven Bauer
- Jesus Hernandez
- (as Rocky Echevarria)
Lawrence P. Casey
- Don White
- (as Lawrence Casey)
Fred Franklyn
- Priest
- (as Fredric Franklyn)
Tamara Elliot
- Secretary
- (as Tamara Eliot)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn this episode Jim uses the phrase "klaatu barada nikto", which was originally used in the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still." He'll next use it in the following episode.
- GoofsThe position of the check relative to the tray it lies on changes during the conversation at the restaurant.
- Quotes
Jim Rockford: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.
Friend: [beeep] Jim, you give Peg the two hundred for the painting, she owes me seventy and I owe you forty-six for the Christmas trees. Harry still out sixty for the dinner, but at least it'll void that check.
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Rockford Balboa
This is another of the episodes revolving around sports, which Rockford is obviously a fan, and this time around it deals with boxing, and Rockford even has a financial interest. There are some familiar faces like Kenneth McMillan(Salem's Lot, 1979), Mary Frann(Newhart), and Stephen Bauer(Scarface), and the story is about a financially strapped manager who's having a hard time managing the fighter and paying off the investors who has a piece in his young, but rising star boxer; one of those investors is none other than Rockford, although Morry works out a deal with him if Jim promises to see who's trying to get him(Morry)out of the way. It turns out that Morry has been charged with a murder he didn't commit, and was also charged with bribery, and his boxing license has been revoked and so he really needs Jim's help. That seems like enough for a solid story, but add in a used car saleswoman in Ruth, who also happens to have an interest in boxer Jesus and we see why the Rockford Files is a superior show with excellent writing. It's easy to assume that she was behind the frame of Morry, but it's actually a frame within a frame led by the crooked manager of her used car lot named Skip Laforce. I thought Bert Kramer(Laforce)had good chemistry with James Garner, and he has a familiar face, but he only starred in only one other episode of this great show. If Rockford is on your side, you know you're usually in good hands, and he rarely will let you down.
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- stones78
- Apr 18, 2011
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- 328 S Main St, Los Angeles, California, USA(gym entrance - now demolished)
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