Jim gets Gandy a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes who promptly then tries to steal the case.Jim gets Gandy a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes who promptly then tries to steal the case.Jim gets Gandy a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes who promptly then tries to steal the case.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
Joe Santos
- Dennis Becker
- (credit only)
Hollis Irving
- Mrs. Martin
- (as Holly Irving)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was a backdoor pilot for a possible spin-off series,starring returning series characters, Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.), and Gandolph 'Gandy' Fitch (Isaac Hayes),as a pair of private investigators - one a smooth-talker (Gabby), the other the muscle (Gandy), with the proposed title of Gabby & Gandy. The pilot was not picked up to series.
- GoofsThe money owing to the missing heir is $600,000. Marcus Hayes draws up a contract to get 40% of that, which would be $240,000, for himself for notifying the heir. But afterward he mentions $400,000 several times as the expected take. (Note: O'Herlihy wasn't aware of the inheritance amount. Apparently, the contract Hayes had drawn up would've given O'Herlihy $400,000, with Hayes acquiring the leftover $200,000 plus the 40%).
- Quotes
Gandolph Fitch: Shut up Gabby!
Jim Rockford: Gabby...?
Marcus 'Gabby' Hayes: [sighs] Yeah, that's what he calls me. Cute, huh?
Jim Rockford: [snorts in disbelief] Gabby and Gandy - sounds like a puppet show.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Best TV Shows That Never Were (2004)
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Poaching a case
Two of the characters that the Rockford Files introduced previously come back for this episode and look to form a partnership. Isaac Hayes as Gandolf Fitch and Lou Gossett, Jr. as Marcus Aurelius Hayes may both be black, but this is a case where the similarities are truly skin deep.
Gossett was Jim Rockford's former parole officer and Hayes was the Hammer of Cell Block C back in the joint. Isaac decides he might want in on the PI racket and James Garner takes him over to Hayes who has a better line of con than Garner ever could muster.
Garner has a missing heir case from the county and it's quite a tidy sum, $600.000.00 to be precise. It's also not ethical to poach a case from another PI, but Gossett has always had a loose sense of ethics.
Sadly this was a pilot not picked up by television for a series. That's a pity because Hayes and Gossett have a nice chemistry between them.
As for the heir, he's got great reason not to want to be found. Must be if he'll ignore 600 grand.
Gossett was Jim Rockford's former parole officer and Hayes was the Hammer of Cell Block C back in the joint. Isaac decides he might want in on the PI racket and James Garner takes him over to Hayes who has a better line of con than Garner ever could muster.
Garner has a missing heir case from the county and it's quite a tidy sum, $600.000.00 to be precise. It's also not ethical to poach a case from another PI, but Gossett has always had a loose sense of ethics.
Sadly this was a pilot not picked up by television for a series. That's a pity because Hayes and Gossett have a nice chemistry between them.
As for the heir, he's got great reason not to want to be found. Must be if he'll ignore 600 grand.
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