The Rockford Files (TV Series) A Fast Count (1978) User Reviews

Creative and legal accounting

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 17 August 2015]

Kenneth McMillan becomes Jim Rockford's client in this episode. It seems that he's been charged with bribing an immigration official to keep his light heavyweight fighter's grandmother in the country. About that fighter Steven Bauer, McMillan is also being pressured by used car queen Mary Frann who owns fighters like some women own jewelry to sell out. Might be a wise thing to do that because James Garner is one of a number of people he's sold 5% of his fighter to.

Of course it's all a frame, but I have to admire the creative accounting McMillan engaged in. He should be working for the IRS as an auditor instead of a fight manager. And it's all legal.

Of course Garner helps McMillan out of his jackpot. In the bargain he may just get a little nookie. But that might be all he gets.

Interesting and intense later episode

[ronnybee2112 · 8/10 · 20 May 2022]

This is a busy episode with a lively plot. The actual story seems a bit fuzzy around the edges,but things keep moving along. Mary Frann plays a great part and adds a lot to the episode as a used-car queen and a prize fight promoter. The other characters are the boxer's 'math challenged' coach/fight promoter,the young boxer himself,(and his family) and the usual assortment of heavies and creeps running through the episode. All of the actors do solid work in this episode. Our favorite detective does his typical great work in this episode,(most of it the hard way),a little bit of cool driving,and as usual nothing seems to come easy to Jim Rockford. The episode rollicks along,with twists and turns,and it isn't clear what will happen until the very end! All in all it is a very entertaining episode that is worth seeing. 85/100.

Guest starring Mary Frann

[safenoe · 8/10 · 17 September 2020]

Coming off the back of Rocky, we have A Fast Count, where Jim is caught up in the boxing world. I love revisiting The Rockford Files in these pandemic times. It's a slice of 70s nostalgia, and I love seeing the scenes of LA just before the series ended prior to the start of the 80s. Sadly there was only one more season after this (and it was only a half-season). Fortunately though there were eight Rockford movies in the 90s.

Mary Frann steals the show in this episode.

Rockford Balboa

[stones78 · 18 April 2011]

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.

5th Street

[hipchecker20 · 10/10 · 28 March 2022]

Love it when Rockford goes to downtown Los Angeles.

Comparing it then to what it is now.

The store front Rockford was in is now a spot for the homeless.

A by the numbers Rockford!

[mm-39 · 6/10 · 18 July 2021]

A by the numbers Rockford! There is a framed boxer promoter and a contender. A perfect Mike Hammer private eye script. What works is there's a used car sales women and goons, which makes for some flavor. A by the numbers show that picks up in the second half. Rockford has some smooth moves to get out of a mess at the car lot. What a classic scene. The ending all ties up in a Rockford way! Well written and directed! 6 stars.