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5. Tall Woman in Red Wagon

Jim is hired by a newspaper woman to find her missing friend, who then insists on tagging along to "help" his investigation. The missing friend had a sordid past, and several of her old friends want to find her just as badly.

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Rockford is hired to find a missing colleague by a pushy newspaper reporter ( Sian Barbara Allen ) who promises he will grow to like her. Rockford learns the missing woman has died but does not believe it. He interviews the doctor who signed her death certificate and mobsters who say she stole money from them, assaults an IRS agent ( George DiCenzo ) who is also on the case, and gets shot while digging up her coffin in the middle of the night. With John Crawford, Susan Damante, Angus Duncan and James Murtaugh. Loosely based on The Twelve Chairs.

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