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1.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Edmund G. Ross
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1868 President Andrew Johnson appoints General Thomas to replace Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War, against the wishes of Congress. This leads to his impeachment trial. Kansas Senator Edmund G. Ross will cast the deciding vote.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Barry Morse, Simon Oakland, James Westerfield
Votes: 10
2.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Andrew Johnson
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1860 Andrew Johnson is a US Senator from Tennessee. He desperately tries to keep his home state from seceding from the Union, risking his reputation, his political future, and his life.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Walter Matthau, Alfred Ryder, Paul Fix, Conlan Carter
Votes: 6
3.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Frederick Douglass
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who fled to the North in the days before the Civil War. Douglass decided to use his writing and oratorical skills to lead the fight to ... See full summary »
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: Robert Hooks, Lillian Bronson, Isabel Cooley, James Edwards
Votes: 10
4.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
John Peter Altgeld
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Illinois Governor, John Peter Altgeld, reviews the cases of the men convicted in the Haymarket Riots. When he becomes convinced that they did not receive a fair trial he considers granting an unpopular pardon.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Curt Conway, Bert Remsen, Bill Zuckert
Votes: 7
5.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Sam Houston
(1964)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Gov. Sam Houston's losing battle to keep Texas in the Union during the secession crisis.
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: J.D. Cannon, Ken Drake, Peter Duryea, Richard Hale
Votes: 11
6.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
So Help Me God
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, William Daniels
Votes: 355
7.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
White on White and Nearly Perfect
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.
Director: Stephen J. Cannell | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Tom Selleck
Votes: 394
8.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Anne Hutchinson
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In early Boston, midwife Anne Hutchinson is put on trial for preaching her unorthodox religious beliefs and criticizing the local ministers.
Director: Cyril Ritchard | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Donald Harron, Rhys Williams, Michael Pate
Votes: 8
9.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
General Alexander William Doniphan
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1838 tensions are rising between the Mormons and the other settlers of Missouri. General Alexander W. Doniphan faces a moral dilemma when he is ordered to go to war against the Mormons.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Lawford, Simon Oakland, Michael Constantine, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 7
10.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job
(1979)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Robert Webber
Votes: 323
11.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Nice Guys Finish Dead
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.
Director: John Patterson | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, James Whitmore Jr.
Votes: 348
12.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Paradise Cove
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim's Malibu neighbourhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.
Director: Stephen J. Cannell | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Mariette Hartley
Votes: 299
13.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Hammer of C Block
(1976)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A fellow inmate (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison is released after serving twenty years, and needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Isaac Hayes
Votes: 388
14.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The House on Willis Avenue
(1978)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an accident.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 336
15.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
A Portrait of Elizabeth
(1976)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dave Delaroux, a smarmy client of Beth's, hires Jim to check on his company. Jim doesn't want to do it, partly because it's not his kind of job, and partly because Beth is attracted to him.
Director: Meta Rosenberg | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, John Saxon
Votes: 313
16.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Dirty Money, Black Light
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, John P. Ryan
Votes: 270
17.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Competitive Edge
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 297
18.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
There's One in Every Port
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.
Director: Meta Rosenberg | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Joan Van Ark
Votes: 316
19.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Angel asks Jim to help him collect some money from someone who supposedly welshed on a deal. Not surprisingly he hasn't told Jim the whole truth, which includes two very angry hoods who want money Angel owes them.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Stuart Margolin
Votes: 336
20.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Kill the Messenger
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Towne's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, W.K. Stratton
Votes: 266
21.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When several of Jim's fellow P.I.s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting independent investigators and systematically putting them out of business.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Simon Oakland
Votes: 295
22.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
(1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Strother Martin
Votes: 308
23.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Drought at Indianhead River
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Robert Loggia
Votes: 318
24.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Pastoria Prime Pick
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford takes a dislike to the small town he's visiting when a bogus repair bill is followed by phony criminal charges. Aided by his father and attorney, Rockford takes on the hamlet's corrupt mayor, sheriff and prosecuting attorney.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Warren J. Kemmerling
Votes: 343
25.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Empty Frame
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Stuart Margolin
Votes: 248
26.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Farnsworth Stratagem
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Dennis is conned into investing in a hotel for mobsters, Jim impersonates a Texas oil man to get his friend's money back.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Linda Evans
Votes: 363
27.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
(1975)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When his car breaks down in a small town Jim leaves $10,000 in a land company's safe. The next morning the money - and the man who locked the money up - are gone. When the man turns up dead the sheriff thinks Rockford did it.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Richard B. Shull
Votes: 317
28.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
(1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Strother Martin
Votes: 283
29. Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Ken Drake, Woodrow Parfrey, Len Wayland
Votes: 91
30.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
A Material Difference
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Michael McGuire
Votes: 243
31.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Counter Gambit
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim's hired by someone he knew inside, to track down his former girlfriend, who's stolen something of his.
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Stuart Margolin, Joe Santos
Votes: 339
32.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Crack Back
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Joseph Mascolo
Votes: 260
33.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Gearjammers, Part 2
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In this exciting conclusion to this two-part episode, the mob boss continues to hunt for Rocky, while Rockford teams up with the police to solve the trucking case, which is speeding towards disaster.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Jack Kruschen
Votes: 284
34.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Hotel of Fear
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 277
35.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Joey Blue Eyes
(1976)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Michael Ansara
Votes: 290
36.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Just Another Polish Wedding
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim gets Gandy a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes who promptly then tries to steal the case.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 291
37.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Dog and Pony Show
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Joanne Nail
Votes: 290
38.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Queen of Peru
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen diamond on his mind.
Director: Meta Rosenberg | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, George Wyner
Votes: 292
39. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,906
40. Get Smart (1965–1970)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Maxwell Smart, a highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency, battles the evil forces of rival spy agency KAOS with the help of his competent partner Agent 99.
Stars: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Robert Karvelas
Votes: 13,812
41.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Gearjammers, Part 1
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After witnessing a mob payoff that is part of a big-rig hijacking scheme, Rockford's father becomes the target of assassins. Working to protect his dad, Rockford learns that the man's life contains secrets that he never imagined.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 305
42.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Heartaches of a Fool
(1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Taylor Lacher
Votes: 309
43.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Sleight of Hand
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Tom Atkins
Votes: 378
44. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 660,473 | Gross: $260.00M
45.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Beamer's Last Case
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim returns from vacation to discover someone's been using his identity, his trailer and totaled his car. And that's just the beginning of his problems...
Director: Stephen J. Cannell | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, James Whitmore Jr.
Votes: 307
46.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
Quickie Nirvana
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford ends up regretting allowing an eccentric hippie woman to use his address temporarily, when her ex-boss sends a pair of thugs to retrieve money he put in her care.
Director: Meta Rosenberg | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Valerie Curtin
Votes: 326
47.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing shoulders with the FBI and the Company.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Marge Redmond
Votes: 237
48.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Becker Connection
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford's newest case; to clear his friend, Dennis Becker, who's suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Jack Carter
Votes: 272
49.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Big Cheese
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford gets a phone call telling him to expect a package in the mail. Two hoods then murder the caller and go to Rockford's trailer to await the package's arrival. When the package is a wheel of cheese the mystery only gets deeper.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Constance Towers
Votes: 214
50.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Family Hour
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Burt Young
Votes: 285