Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
- (credit only)
Joe Santos
- Dennis Becker
- (voice)
Neile Adams
- Joyce Brauder
- (as Neile McQueen)
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Did you know
- TriviaSteve McQueen's first wife, Neile McQueen, plays Jim's client, Mrs. Brauder. Steve McQueen's one time girlfriend Barbara Leigh has a cameo as Sylvia. The McQueens and Garners were neighbors.
- GoofsWhen Joyce Brauder is calling Rockford the number on her phone is area code 311 555-2368. This is the very same number on Rockford's phone.
- Quotes
Jim Rockford: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.
Police Det. Dennis Becker: [Beeep] Okay Jimbo, Dennis. I know you're in there and I know you know it's ticket season again; Policemen's Ball and all that. So come to the door when I knock this time. I know you're in there!
- ConnectionsReferences Goldfinger (1964)
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Where are you Nurse Ratched?
All that was missing was Nurse Ratched when Jim Rockford makes an enforced trip to a mental asylum. It all grows out of a case which has James Garner investigating a health club for the rich and famous.
I'm not as big a fan of this episode as others, mainly because the whole thing didn't include that wonderful bit in the insane asylum so reminiscent of Jack Nicholson's stay in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Had I written it I would have not even bothered with the lead in story and just have Garner spend the whole hour trying to break free.
Some wonderful characters are created in that asylum. Brother of the villain in the main story Logan Ramsey is the head of the place who dispenses tranquilizers and really strong tranquilizers. Some of the fellow inmates are George Murdock who thinks he's Doc Holiday and John Fiedler who thinks he's James Bond. Fiedler is definitely not who Ian Fleming or Cubby Brocoli had in mind, but he's a veritable ferret of information for Ramsey.
Wonderful homage to a great film, I just wish it had been the whole episode.
I'm not as big a fan of this episode as others, mainly because the whole thing didn't include that wonderful bit in the insane asylum so reminiscent of Jack Nicholson's stay in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Had I written it I would have not even bothered with the lead in story and just have Garner spend the whole hour trying to break free.
Some wonderful characters are created in that asylum. Brother of the villain in the main story Logan Ramsey is the head of the place who dispenses tranquilizers and really strong tranquilizers. Some of the fellow inmates are George Murdock who thinks he's Doc Holiday and John Fiedler who thinks he's James Bond. Fiedler is definitely not who Ian Fleming or Cubby Brocoli had in mind, but he's a veritable ferret of information for Ramsey.
Wonderful homage to a great film, I just wish it had been the whole episode.
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- Feb 6, 2015
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- Big Tujunga Canyon Rd & Oro Vista Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA(Jim & men escape from institution and drive southwest in pickup truck)
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