- GEARJAMMERS! (Part 1)
Original Air Date: September 26, 1975
Synopsis. Rocky’s life becomes endangered after he inadvertently witnesses an illegal business transaction between his trucker friend Johnny LoSalvo and LoSalvo’s ruthless boss Hammel, who has plotted to hijack six of his own trucks as part of a master plan to steal an incoming cargo of valuable sable furs. Although Rocky has no idea what’s going on, Hammel wants the old man eliminated simply because Rocky can identify him. Guest stars include Ted Gehring and Scott Brady, both of whom were both originally under consideration for the role of Dennis Becker in the Rockford Files pilot, and Bucklind Beery, the real-life son of series star Noah Beery Jr.
LEARN MORE about this episode in the revised third edition of 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, featuring more than sixty new pages of never before published information about both the original Rockford Files and the CBS reunion movies, including twenty new interviews and six new appendices. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds to help rescue organizations, shelters, individuals, fosters, and veterans with emergencies, evacuations, medical care, adoptions, training, pet supplies, shelter, rehabilitation, boarding, transportation, food, and other pressing needs. JGARF is one way for Garner fans to honor Jim’s memory and extend his legacy. Plus… if you order 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES directly from Black Pawn Press, you will receive an exclusive bonus gift. Go to Rockford45.com for more details
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This Week in THE FBI History: Jacqueline Scott stars in “Edge of Desperation,” airing Sept. 24, 1972. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
- EDGE OF DESPERATION
Original Air Date: Sept. 24, 1972
Synopsis. Insurance claims adjustor Alan Graves engineers his own kidnapping, forcing his wife (played by Jacqueline Scott) to ask her wealthy father to put up the ransom. Graves plans to use the ransom money to run off to Europe with a younger woman. But he soon discovers that leading a double life can be far more dangerous than anticipated.LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.
This Week in THE FBI History: Jacqueline Scott stars in “Edge of Desperation,” airing Sept. 24, 1972
- EDGE OF DESPERATION
Original Air Date: Sept. 24, 1972
Synopsis. Insurance claims adjustor Alan Graves engineers his own kidnapping, forcing his wife (played by Jacqueline Scott) to ask her wealthy father to put up the ransom. Graves plans to use the ransom money to run off to Europe with a younger woman. But he soon discovers that leading a double life can be far more dangerous than anticipated.LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.
This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Sharon Gless, Michael Bell, and John McMartin star in “The Fourth Man,” airing Sept. 24, 1976. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press
- THE FOURTH MAN
Original Air Date: September 24, 1976
Synopsis. Rockford’s neighbor Lori Jenevein (played by Sharon Gless) becomes the target of a hitman named Timpson Farrell (John McMartin). Lori, an airline flight attendant, recognizes Farrell as a regular passenger on the commuter flight. Farrell fears that Lori will link him to the recent deaths of three witnesses who were scheduled to testify before a Senate committee on organized crime—murders that all took place within the past month in cities serviced by the commuter flight.Sharon Gless previously appeared in “This Case is Closed,” an episode from the first season that is at the center of one of the most storied chapters in Rockford Files history. Her character in this episode, Lori Jenevein, was named after Rockford sound effects editor Walter Jenevein.
LEARN MORE about “The Fourth Man” and “This Case is Closed” in the revised third edition of 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, featuring more than sixty new pages of never before published information about both the original Rockford Files and the CBS reunion movies, including twenty new interviews and six new appendices. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds to help rescue organizations, shelters, individuals, fosters, and veterans with emergencies, evacuations, medical care, adoptions, training, pet supplies, shelter, rehabilitation, boarding, transportation, food, and other pressing needs. JGARF is one way for Garner fans to honor Jim’s memory and extend his legacy. Plus… if you order 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES directly from Black Pawn Press, you will receive an exclusive bonus gift. Go to Rockford45.com for more details
This Date in THE FBI History: Louis Jourdan and Nancy Kovack star in “Wind It Up and It Betrays You,” airing Sept. 22, 1968
- WIND IT UP AND IT BETRAYS YOU
Original Air Date: Sept. 22, 1968
Synopsis. A noted Communist spy plots to steal the plans for Operation Bouquet, a missile project that is under development at Meridian, a defense institute in Connecticut. When the Bureau suspects that a scientist employed by Meridian may be in cahoots with Tabor, Erskine poses as the company’s chief security officer to thwart the plot.LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.
This Date in THE FBI History: Robert Duvall stars in “Nightmare Road,” airing Sept. 21, 1969. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
- NIGHTMARE ROAD
Original Air Date: Sept. 21, 1969
Synopsis. In St. Louis, Erskine leads the investigation into the shooting of Special Agent Douglas Mercer.LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.
This Date in THE FBI History: Martin Sheen, Joan Van Ark, and Tim McIntire star in “The Condemned,” airing Sept. 20, 1970
- THE CONDEMNED
Original Air Date: Sept. 20, 1970
Synopsis. A video security camera puts Erskine and Colby on the trail of Perry Victor (Martin Sheen) and Shep Buford (Tim McIntire), two men who flee to Portland, Oregon after brazenly holding up a Philadelphia bank in the early morning hours. Victor and Buford plan a heist in Portland that could be worth nearly $500,000.LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.
This Date in THE FBI History: Tim McIntire, Belinda J. Montgomery, and Barbara Billingsley star in “Recurring Nightmare,” airing Sept. 19, 1971
- RECURRING NIGHTMARE
Original Air Date: Sept. 19, 1971
Synopsis. After violating his parole from a federal prison in Salt Lake City, Utah, convicted armed robber Dale Fisher, along with his accomplice Graham Newcomb, kidnap eighteen-year-old Wendy Rankin from a riding stable in Colorado and transport her to the John Colter National Forest in Wyoming—the same location where the girl’s biological father, a convicted hold-up artist, allegedly hid $400,000 from a heist in Salt Lake City ten years before.LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.
This Date in THE FBI History: Jeffrey Hunter and Dina Merrill star in “The Monster,” the premiere episode of The FBI, airing Sept. 19, 1965
- THE MONSTER
Original Air Date: Sept. 19, 1965
Synopsis. In Castle City, Wisconsin, Inspector Lewis Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes track down Francis Jerome, an escaped convict who murders a young couple in Philadelphia before surfacing in his hometown of Castle City. The female victim in Philadelphia was found strangled with her own hair—a peculiar M.O. that Jerome repeats when he attempts to kill Castle City resident Jean Davis. Erskine must prevent Jerome from attacking Jean again.LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.
This Date in THE FBI History: Robert Blake stars in “The Price of Death,” airing Sept. 18, 1966
- THE PRICE OF DEATH
Original Air Date: Sept. 18, 1966
Synopsis. In San Francisco, Erskine and Rhodes probe a kidnapping ring that targets middle-class families who win big while gambling in Reno, Nevada and holds their children for ransom.
LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.