Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
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- TriviaRocky's loaner pick up truck is a 1979 GMC Sierra Grande with the Street Coupe Package. This truck is also equipped with an aftermarket steering wheel.
- GoofsTowards the end of the episode, the Naval Intelligence officer engages in a shootout with Kraemer. It is illegal for any branch of the U.S. Military, to engage in police actions, on U.S. soil. He could report what he saw to the local police, and let them handle the situation.
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Jim Rockford: [grabs Angel by the collar] Angel, you're driving me crazy, you understand? I'm going crazy and I can't take it anymore!
Evelyn 'Angel' Martin: Jimmy...
Jim Rockford: [has his hand on Angel's throat] Years and years and years! I'm going out of my mind! Your stu-pid, ri-diculous lies and ideas and games year after year!
Evelyn 'Angel' Martin: [croaks] ... give me my windpipe...
Jim Rockford: [lets go, looks at his hands; they're shaking] Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!
[collapses against fence in hopelessness]
Evelyn 'Angel' Martin: [timidly] Jimmy...
Jim Rockford: Just don't say anything! Just don't-say-anything!
Evelyn 'Angel' Martin: Hey Jimmy...
Jim Rockford: [sound of desperation] What?
Evelyn 'Angel' Martin: I'm sorry...
[Jim raises his head and looks at him in disbelief]
Evelyn 'Angel' Martin: Stick of gum?
[he has pulled the packet out of his pocket and offering a piece. Jim accepts it without grace]
Stuart Margolin whenever he's playing Evelyn 'Angel' Martin always dominates the episode. In this story he's masquerading as a hit man and the con is that he takes the up front down payment money and skedaddles. Of course James Garner's warnings about the downside of this particular con game go unheeded.
That is until Margolin is nearly killed, another man is killed and Garner and Margolin are blamed for the murder. Before it's all over the LAPD, Naval Intelligence, the KGB and some loopy church are all involved. And you won't believe what it's all about.
What I like about this one is that Angel finally gets himself some long overdue payback in the end. You have to see this Rockford Files episode to know what I mean.
- bkoganbing
- Jan 8, 2013
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- 11071 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, California, USA(cleaners - building demolished)
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