EPISODE

20. Charlie Harris at Large

Charlie Harris ( Tony Musante ), Rockford's former cellmate, is suspected of murdering his rich wife and has gone into hiding. He hires Rockford to find his alibi witness, a mystery woman with whom he was having an affair. She turns out to be Linda Bannister ( Diana Muldaur ), the wife of a multi-millionaire ( Warner Anderson ) who will kill to protect her secret. To compound matters Linda does not provide a perfect alibi, she is not sure Charlie is innocent, and Rockford gets charged with…

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Charlie Harris ( Tony Musante ), Rockford's former cellmate, is suspected of murdering his rich wife and has gone into hiding. He hires Rockford to find his alibi witness, a mystery woman with whom he was having an affair. She turns out to be Linda Bannister ( Diana Muldaur ), the wife of a multi-millionaire ( Warner Anderson ) who will kill to protect her secret. To compound matters Linda does not provide a perfect alibi, she is not sure Charlie is innocent, and Rockford gets charged with sheltering the fugitive Charlie. With David Spielberg as the police sergeant who is onto Rockford from the start, Mel Stewart and Eddie Firestone.

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