The Rockford Files

A Fast Count - S5-E11

Visible crew/equipment: While Rockford and Ruth are at Peppy's, when Rockford says, "Oh, good old right on, Ruth," in this shot and following shots facing Rockford at this angle, the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the wall paneling at the top, right side of the screen. (00:34:00)

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A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights - S5-E6

Visible crew/equipment: While Falcone is with Seales, the reps from the consumer groups confront Falcone about his toys. When Seales says, "Our toys have a psychological counter-violent quality," in the next shot just as Seales starts to walk toward the reps, we can see the head of a crouching crew member moving in front of Falcone. (00:33:55)

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White on White and Nearly Perfect - S5-E4

Visible crew/equipment: While Jim and Lance stakeout Teasdale's house they see what looks like the delivery of guard dogs. Lance takes that as a sign of the big push, and when he drives off the reflections of lighting equipment and crew member, wearing a red shirt and sitting on the ground, are visible on the surface of the car. (00:33:10)

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Hotel of Fear - S4-E10

Visible crew/equipment: After Angel lies to Jim about bunking over at Aaron's he leaves Rocky's house, and when Angel shows up at Gaedel's apartment, the moving boom mic is visible in the hallway under the head jamb, and there's a small white tape mark on the carpet between Angel's feet. (00:40:00)

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Forced Retirement - S4-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Rockford walks over to Chris Jenk's airplane there are no tape marks on the ground near the wing, but when Rockford hands Chris his briefcase, there are two small black tape marks on the ground, one by Rockford's feet and the other where Chris had been standing in the previous shot. (00:26:55)

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Hotel of Fear - S4-E10

Visible crew/equipment: After Angel dives into Firebird through the open window, Rockford ends up chasing after Kane with sirens following, and when Rockford pulls over at the side of a road, we can see the reflection of the crew and filming equipment positioned beside the car. (00:33:55)

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Jim Rockford: Hey, I'm sorry Dad, you just caught me at a bad time. Reading that detective fiction doesn't help. I mean things aren't like that you know? They're not black and white. They're aren't any heroes left, they die young. (pointing to a book cover) His gun is deadly? Mine's in a cookie jar.

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The Dark and Bloody Ground - S1-E3

Trivia: The bio on the back of the book (unsure when it was supposed to be printed, let's assume that copy is from that same year) says that the author was born 58 years ago. The man we see dead at the beginning of the episode looks several years younger. The picture used at the back of the book is from actor Guy Williams, who was almost 50 at the time.

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