18. South by Southeast

The show’s sly crack at Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. Intelligence agents confuse Rockford with their contact person and fly Jim to a Latin American country. By the time they realize the mistake it is too late, and Rockford is begrudgingly enlisted to perform the mission. The operation involves contacting an heiress, Christine Van Deerlin (Dorrie Kavanaugh), and ultimately rescuing her from her scheming husband, who is carefully managing her public appearances while he poisons her. With Don Chastain, Carlos Romero, Bert Rosario, Mark Roberts, Don Diamond, Robert Clotworthy, Jim B. Smith, Don Dubbins and Ernesto Macias.