Product Details

• Actors: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, John Anderson, Dennis Burkley
• Directors: Bruce Kessler, Christian I. Nyby II, Jeannot Szwarc, Jerry London, Lawrence Dobkin
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Run Time: 1089 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LXGXY8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,705 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Rockford Files - Season Three" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Reunite with Jim Rockford, the quintessential antihero detective, in all 22 Season Three episodes of the action-packed, five-time Emmy Award-winning mystery series The Rockford Files! In the season that won him an Emmy, James Garner stars as the wisecracking ex-con-turned-private-eye whose approach to crime is cooler than his sleek Pontiac Firebird and more casual than his mobile home in Malibu. Filled with wry humor, chilling suspense and engaging mysteries, this five-disc collection includes such celebrated guest stars as Veronica Hamel, Ron Rifkin, Burt Young and more. It's an open-and-shut case: This is classic Rockford entertainment you just can't afford to miss! Starring: James Garner, Noah Beery, Jr., Stuart Margolin

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rockford Files - The Best TV show ever!!, February 7, 2007

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Johnoconnor "Jack ' ABBA NUT" (Wallingford CT USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Rockford Files - Season Three (DVD)

James Garner is a great actor and Jim Rockford is his greatest character. Backed by an excellent supporting cast and superlative writing, this show never gets old despite the fact that I've seen each episode a gazillion times. Whether he is peddling a slick con to a gullible, greedy crook. bailing sleazy Angel out for the umpteenth time, turning the tables on the bad guys in the end with Dennis and the cavalry coming in the door at the last minute, Jim, (Garner or Rockford - who knows?) makes an extremely appealing character who everyone would like to have as a friend or buddy. Add a number of beautiful woman who never seem to be able to corral Jim and you have a series for the ages.

35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Season Three-"The Rockford Files" Develops a Social Concience, February 22, 2007

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givbatam3 "givbatam3" (REHOVOT Israel) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Rockford Files - Season Three (DVD)

It was in this season that the series had many of its finest episodes.
Although there is no such thing as a "bad" episode of Rockford Files, and I would give five stars to each season, it was in this season that series really hit its stride. In the first season, most episodes were about Rockford helping some beautiful "damsel in distress", even ones who get involved with mobsters. In the second season, we see Jim getting into serious trouble frequently because he allows himself to be used as a patsy, even by close friends, and frankly, this sometimes gets on my nerves, even if it is by the otherwise lovable Angel Martin (it should be pointed out that the audience didn't care for this either since the ratings for the show declined during that season). However, in Season 3 there was a major turnaround. We now see stories about Jim encountering real problems and real abuses people have with the police and other institutions who often abuse their power. For example, there is the two-part episode "The Bees, the Trees and T T Flowers" where Strother Martin puts in a fine performance of a eccentric older man who is falsely declared senile and incompetant in order to gain control of his property. Another excellent two-parter is "To Protect and to Serve" where Joyce Van Patten plays a lonely, bitter woman who's only pleasure in life is hanging around the police (who mistakenly allow it) and secretly enjoying seeing other peoples' tragedies. Another episode, which is James Garner's favorite is one where he is jailed for contempt of court, showing the abuses of the District Attorney's powers to compel people to testify, in defiance of their concience. It was also in this season the Rockford's biggest police nemesis, Lt Chapman, is introduced.
If someone wants a good introduction to the series, I would recommend this as the first DVD set to purchase.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It only gets better with age...., February 10, 2007

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Terry L. Vinson (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rockford Files - Season Three (DVD)

Unlike most long-running (five years or more) TV shows, The Rockford Files only seemed to grow more entertaining as seasons passed. This is, of course, due to solid writing and acting, but also the fleshing out of many of the regular characters, including Angel, Beth and Dennis. It goes without saying that James Garners breezy characterization of Rockford rates as one of the best in TV history. I look forward to collecting the entire series, and hopefully the many TV movies that came in their wake.