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The Rockford Files

Season 1 Episode 21: Just by Accident

A race car driver dies in an apparent accident that his mother, an old friend of Jim's, thinks was no accident. It turns out he was part of an insurance scam outfit and they soon have a similar plan for Rockford.

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