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Jim's old Korean war buddy John Mitchelli (Hector Elizondo) calls Jim in to help him find a missing model, Jennifer (Pamela Hensley). But John or "Mitch" isn't the only one looking for her. The cops have made her the number one suspect in a murder of a member of the mob, so the mob is interested in her whereabouts as well. When Jennifer's body turns up in a fiery crash, it looks like the story is over. But Mitch insists he saw her in Seattle and she's still alive.

This episode is a bit uneven performance wise. Carl Burrell, the head mobster played by Thayer David is very effective. He's powerful and means business. Thayer played Dragon in "The Eiger Sanction" as well as Sandor in "Dark Shadows". He's good at being creepy and powerful. Ken Swofford makes his first of four appearances on the series, this time as Seattle Private Eye Floyd Ross ($150 a day plus expenses). There's a good scene as we see how cheap Rockford can be as they try and negotiate the price. Unfortunately Swofford doesn't get a lot of screen time in this episode.

On the other hand Pamela Hensley is less than effective as Jennnifer, the girl of Mitch's dreams. She seems a little stiff and unnatural. She is beautiful, but its hard to see what a photographer like Mitch, who deals with beautiful women all day, sees in her. Hensley was a Universal contract player who went on to do multiple appearances on "Matt Houston" and was Agent 35 in the awful "Get Smart" movie, "The Nude Bomb".

Nor is Elizondo's characterization of Mitch all that interesting. He fared much better with his next appearance on "Rockford" as Frank Falcone, undercover cop.

There is a nice scene with Rocky upset that Jim forgot to pick him up from the auto repair shop and another that lets Dennis (Joe Santos) finally stop just running plates and getting information for Jim, but appear outside the office as a friend, not a cop contact. Luis Delgado, who appears in most episodes as a cop, manages to get in this one as a waiter (but who knows? POerhaps he was working undercover!)

The film of a supposedly young Rockford and Elizondo in Korea was a good idea but poorly executed. It's obvious they just shot it. Too bad they didn't have younger doubles or a clip from an old movie they did together where they really were 20 years younger. This "old" film is just not convincing.