The Rockford Files
The Empty Frame
Season 5, Episode 6 · Aired 1978-11-03
Synopsis
At a swank party, attended by some of LA's high society and police dept. VIPs, in honor of Angel's brother-in-law, Aaron, being made Chief of Police, a robbery takes place, while Lt. Doug Chapman is in charge of security. Desperate to get back into good graces with his superiors, Chapman swallows his pride and asks Rockford to help him.
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