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The Rockford Files

Season 1 Episode 7: The Big Ripoff

A life insurance investigation becomes more complicated than first appeared when Jim believes the insuree is still alive.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Kirkoff Case

1. The Kirkoff Case

Aired: Sep 13, 1974

A wealthy but unlikeable young man hires Jim to solve the mystery of the deat...

Episode 3 The Countess

3. The Countess

Aired: Sep 27, 1974

Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the bla...

Episode 4 Exit Prentiss Carr

4. Exit Prentiss Carr

Aired: Oct 4, 1974

Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after repo...

Episode 6 This Case Is Closed

6. This Case Is Closed

Aired: Oct 18, 1974

Jim travels to Newark, and draws the attention of organized crime and the FBI...

Episode 7 The Big Ripoff

7. The Big Ripoff

Aired: Oct 25, 1974

A life insurance investigation becomes more complicated than first appeared w...

Episode 8 Find Me If You Can

8. Find Me If You Can

Aired: Nov 1, 1974

Rockford is hired by a secretive woman who refuses to tell him anything about...

Episode 10 The Dexter Crisis

10. The Dexter Crisis

Aired: Nov 15, 1974

Rockford ends up in the Nevada desert (starting with the bright lights of Las...

Episode 14 Aura Lee, Farewell

14. Aura Lee, Farewell

Aired: Jan 3, 1975

Jim's old friend Sara Butler hires him to find out the real reason her employ...

Episode 15 Sleight of Hand

15. Sleight of Hand

Aired: Jan 17, 1975

Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel ...

Episode 16 Counter Gambit

16. Counter Gambit

Aired: Jan 24, 1975

Jim's hired by someone he knew inside, to track down his former girlfriend, w...

Episode 17 Claire

17. Claire

Aired: Jan 31, 1975

Jim's old girlfriend, Claire Prescott, phones and asks him to help give her p...

Episode 20 The Four Pound Brick

20. The Four Pound Brick

Aired: Feb 21, 1975

Jim investigates the death of a Rookie Police Officer on behalf the mother, a...

Episode 21 Just by Accident

21. Just by Accident

Aired: Feb 28, 1975

A race car driver dies in an apparent accident that his mother, an old friend...

Episode 22 Roundabout

22. Roundabout

Aired: Mar 7, 1975

An insurance company hires Rockford to locate a missing woman who is due an i...

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Info about The Rockford Files

Seasons: 6

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery