A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
René Assa
- Jeannot Tunier
- (as Rena Assa)
R. Norwood Smith
- Henry Helpern
- (as Norwood Smith)
Arnold Roberts
- Chauffer
- (uncredited)
Maxine Stewart
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaRita Moreno won a 1978 Emmy® award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her work in this episode.
- GoofsIn the scene where Jim and Rita are staking out The Canadian American Trading Company, when Mr. Woodruff comes out of the building and gets into his limo, Jim reaches for something, seemingly to start his car to follow Woodruff, and the sound of an engine starting is clearly heard, the keys/ignition are clearly visible, but Jim does not touch the keys before or while the engine is heard to start.
- Quotes
Rita Capkovic: [at the Becker dinner table] You know the one animal I can't stand? Monkeys. I had one once. I only kept him for a couple of weeks. They make the place so smelly. Now you take cats. All you need is a litter box and that's it. Now that monkey, he made all over my new couch. He made all over my floor. You'd come through my door and find yourself up to your buns in ...
Peggy Becker: Broccoli?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978)
Featured review
Who wants to kill this working girl?
Rita Moreno made the first of three appearances on a Rockford Files story, plus a TV film in the 90s. Rita's an experienced working girl and meetings with crazy people is part of the game. But she can't figure out why someone is trying to kill her. A pair of French hit men have made a try for her and she doesn't recall crossing any paths with French johns.
After one attempt where James Garner is given a nice concussion it's decided that she move in with an older widow woman friend Shirley O'Hara. Then O'Hara gets killed and now the cops which include Rockford's enemy James Luisi and friend Joe Santos start an investigation centered around Moreno.
But Garner has a different theory and of course as you would expect he's the one that's right. Dennis Becker has made several good busts because of his friend Rockford, but at some point you would think that Lt. Chapman would smarten up given all the times Rockford has shown him up. And in this one he's shown up bad. It's the major weakness of this particular episode.
But Moreno creates a wonderful character and there's a great scene in the end where Bruce Kirby who is one of her regulars injects himself in that homicide case. It's really funny though for a man who wants his relationship with Moreno to be discreet.
After one attempt where James Garner is given a nice concussion it's decided that she move in with an older widow woman friend Shirley O'Hara. Then O'Hara gets killed and now the cops which include Rockford's enemy James Luisi and friend Joe Santos start an investigation centered around Moreno.
But Garner has a different theory and of course as you would expect he's the one that's right. Dennis Becker has made several good busts because of his friend Rockford, but at some point you would think that Lt. Chapman would smarten up given all the times Rockford has shown him up. And in this one he's shown up bad. It's the major weakness of this particular episode.
But Moreno creates a wonderful character and there's a great scene in the end where Bruce Kirby who is one of her regulars injects himself in that homicide case. It's really funny though for a man who wants his relationship with Moreno to be discreet.
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