| Jim Rockford, played by James Gardner,
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| | (played by Joe Santos) did Rockford's
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| spent five years in prison for an armed
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| | legwork looking up criminal histories and
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| robbery which he didn't commit and for
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| | number plates and in return Jim often
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| which, he was later pardoned.In 1974
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| | credited him with solving a case, which
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| Rockford arrived on our TV screens,
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| | helped Becker's career no end.Sgt. Becker
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| negating our preconceived ideas that PIs
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| | also took the part of Jim's guardian
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| were suave, debonair and earned a lot of
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| | angel when information provided by Angel
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| money.Rockford was not very good at
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| | Martin (Stuart Margolin), one of Jim's
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| investigating and avoided work when he
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| | prison cellmates, caused more trouble
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| could. He lived in a trailer and his car
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| | than it provided answers. This was a
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| was an old Pontiac Firebird. Each
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| | pretty frequent occurrence and when it
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| episode began with the playing of an
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| | resulted in Jim's arrest, he would call
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| answer phone message which went "This is
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| | upon his lawyer Beth Davenport (played by
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| Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your
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| | Gretchen Corbett). Beth was a one-time
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| name and number and I'll get back to
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| | girlfriend but the emphasis became more
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| you." This was followed by some sort of
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| | on the "friend".Rockford only took on a
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| threat from a creditor, often with regard
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| | case when the financial pressure from the
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| to the repossession of the Pontiac. Each
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| | answer phone became too great and clients
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| message was different and had nothing to
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| | would only come to Rockford as a last
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| do with the plot of the episode.Jim's
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| | resort. He would take on a case which
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| father, Rocky, (played by Noah Beery Jr.)
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| | appeared to be quite simple, but of
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| sometimes helped out with cases but often
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| | course, it never was. His specialization
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| tried to persuade Jim to give up
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| | was cases which had been closed,
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| detecting to become a long distance truck
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| | unsolved, by the police and it was the
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| driver, following in his own footsteps.As
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| | situations which evolved from the
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| with every private detective, Rockford
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| | apparently straightforward cases which
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| had an inside man at the Los Angeles
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| | caught the imagination of the viewing
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| Police Department. Sgt. Dennis Becker
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| | public.
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