The Rockford Files The Rockford Files The Rockford Files is an American television drama series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day. Garner portrays Los Angeles–based private investigator Jim Rockford, with Noah Beery Jr. in the supporting role of his father, a retired truck driver nicknamed "Rocky". The show was created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell. Huggins created the television show "Maverick" (1957–1962), which starred Garner, and he wanted to recapture that magic in a "modern day" detective setting. He teamed with
The Great Escape (1986 video game) The Great Escape (1986 video game) The Great Escape is a video game which shares a title and similar plot to the movie "The Great Escape". It was programmed by Denton Designs, who went on to produce the similarly acclaimed "Where Time Stood Still". It was published by Ocean in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and DOS. The player controls an unnamed prisoner of war who has been interned in a P.O.W. camp somewhere in northern Germany in 1942. The camp itself is a small castle on a promontory surrounded on three sides by cliffs and