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Season six of The Rockford Files marks the return of James Garner as wryly humorous ex-con turned private eye Jim Rockford -- but not for long. Weary of the role, fed up by constant quarrelling with the production staff over story values and working conditions, and racked with pain from a variety of job-related injuries, Garner abruptly quit the popular series just before shooting wrapped. With no star, there was no Rockford Files, and the show was canceled -- leaving one announced episode, "Never Trust a Boxx Boy", uncompleted and abandoned. But before this could happen, the season opens with "Paradise Cove," highlighted by the much-publicized guest appearance of Mariette Hartley, who was then appearing with Garner in a series of popular camera commercials. (The warm rapport between the two actors was so persuasive that many viewers assumed they were married, prompting Hartley to half-seriously go around wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the message "I am not Mrs. James Garner!.") This is followed by the two-parter "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys, and Dogs," with guest-star turns by Hollywood icons Lauren Bacall and Dana Wynter. Other highlights during the series' final season are the return appearances of Tom Selleck as the insufferably lucky P.I. Lance White in "Nice Guys Finish Dead," James Whitmore Jr. as casually unscrupulous detective Fred Beamer in the same episode, and Rita Moreno in her Emmy-winning role as troublesome prostitute Rita Capkovic in "No Fault Affair." And speaking of Emmys, Rockford Files co-star (and occasional writer and director) Stuart Margolin this season walked home with his second gold statuette for his portrayal of Jim Rockford's delightfully untrustworthy former cellmate Angel Martin. Hal Erickson

Product Details

• UPC: 025195017152
• Source: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Time: 9:52:00
• Sales Rank: 8,317

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• The Rockford Files: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs, Part 1
• The Rockford Files: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs, Part 2
• The Rockford Files: Paradise Cove
• The Rockford Files: Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die, Part 1
• The Rockford Files: Nice Guys Finish Dead
• The Rockford Files: Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die, Part 2
• The Rockford Files: Love Is the Word
• The Rockford Files: The Hawaiian Headache
• The Rockford Files: The No-Fault Affair
• The Rockford Files: The Big Cheese
• The Rockford Files: Just a Coupla Guys
• The Rockford Files: Deadlock in Parma

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