The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts everyone's life in danger. The weary Rockford must also deal with his old friend Angel, who is painting Jim's trailer to work off a debt.
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- Cast：
- James Garner , Kathryn Harrold , Joe Santos , Vladimir Skomarovsky , Ramy Zada , Richard Kiley , Stuart Margolin
Reviews
Brilliant and touching
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
I"m sure the episode might have been fine if they didn't continue the blind girl's penchant for leading Rockford on.I liked her in the two part episode that she debuted in. She wasn't irritating and I was glad of that because I've never been a fan of Beth Davenport.In her second episode that she starred in, I really started to dislike her. She and Rockford kept their relationship open but she never tells him that she's going to get married to someone else until after she got engaged. Now there's just something that doesn't sit right with me.And now here comes this movie. I'm guessing her fiancé or whoever she married realized what an emotionally manipulative cow she was before he finally divorced her. And so she screws Rockford in the cabin, knowing he had lingering feelings and then a few scenes later tells him that she's going to remarry the poor sap that she married in the first place.Of all the characters I wanted to see an ending for, this brat wasn't it.