The first season of "The Rockford Files" is full of terrific episodes and this is no exception.
Rockford gets hired to protect a countess (Susan Strasberg) from a blackmailer (a theme that would be revisited with Lauren Bacall again in season six). The fetching Gretchen Corbett as Beth is shown at her most cantankerous, telling off Lt. Diehl and basically daring him to charge Rockford with Murder One or release him. She's great in this episode, as is James Garner. He shows the funny, tough, clever and sensitive sides of Rockford. There's a nice scene when Dennis Becker has to take him in and Rockford finds a way out of it. The final scene that begins with Rockford taking the car up to 90 on a winding mountain road is a great one.
Look for James Cromwell in a bit role as a boy toy tennis partner for the countess.
Rockford gets hired to protect a countess (Susan Strasberg) from a blackmailer (a theme that would be revisited with Lauren Bacall again in season six). The fetching Gretchen Corbett as Beth is shown at her most cantankerous, telling off Lt. Diehl and basically daring him to charge Rockford with Murder One or release him. She's great in this episode, as is James Garner. He shows the funny, tough, clever and sensitive sides of Rockford. There's a nice scene when Dennis Becker has to take him in and Rockford finds a way out of it. The final scene that begins with Rockford taking the car up to 90 on a winding mountain road is a great one.
Look for James Cromwell in a bit role as a boy toy tennis partner for the countess.