The Rockford Files: Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel
Episode score
8.2
Great
Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel
- 53.
- Season: 3
- Episode: 9
- First Aired: 12/10/1976
- Prod Code: 45003
Jim is conned by an old Army friend who is desparate for a new line of work and persaudes Jim to take a missing persons case which in fact is really a race to locate a priceless vase... Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Walter Dallenbach
- Director:
- Bruce Kessler
- Stars:
- Joe Santos (Det. Dennis Becker)
- James Garner (Jim Rockford)
- Guest Star:
- Ted Noos (agent)
- Sam Vlahos (deck hand)
- Michael Alldridge (cab driver)
- Tom Stewart (Aarons)
- Chuck Winters (Kevin Lindsay)
- Bart Burns (Fire Chief)
- John Mahon (Lieutenant Hayes)
- Michael Ebert (Lee Nejman)
- Jeff David (funeral director)
- James Congdon (Alvin Thomas)
- Robert Karnes (Captain Hulette)
- Paul Stevens (John Stabile)
- Norman Burton (Markel)
- Ned Beatty (Al Brennan)
- Veronica Hamel (Unknown)
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- Jim: Al, Al, be a good soldier. Don't die, just fade away. edit »
- Alvin Thomas: Are you a connoisseur of art?
Jim: I had a painted turtle when I was a kid. edit » - Answering Machine: Tompkins at Guaranteed Insurance. About your burglary claim? Major loss alright. Funny you remembered to file... you didn't remember to pay your premium! edit »
- Jim: Al, Al, be a good soldier. Don't die, just fade away.
Jim's advice to Brennan comes from General Douglas MacArthur's farewell address to Congress on April 19, 1951. In the speech, MacArthur said, "The world has turned over many times since I took the oath at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have all since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." edit »
Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel
The Bottom Line: "Above average"05/01/07 06:12am | report abuseThe quintessential "Rockford" episode...an old buddy shows up with trouble for Jim. ...Continue »
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