The Rockford Files
To Protect and Serve, Part I
Season 3, Episode 19 · Aired 1977-03-11
Synopsis
An overly enthusiastic police buff simultaneously maligns the reputation of Detective Becker and jeopardizes Rockford's efforts lo protect the life of the girlfriend of an underworld lawyer.
In the series
This episode is part of The Rockford Files (1974–1980) on NBC.
The anti-hardboiled PI — answering machine, beat-up Firebird, real exhaustion.
Key cast
- James Garner as Jim Rockford
- Noah Beery Jr. as Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- Joe Santos as Sgt. Dennis Becker
- Stuart Margolin as Angel Martin