12. Local Man Eaten by Newspaper

Complete story — includes the ending

A doctor to the stars hires Rockford to investigate how a National Enquirer -like publication got its hands on the private medical information of some of his clients. Rockford takes a job under a fake name as a reporter for the tabloid, but his cover gets blown. Shortly afterwards the doctor is killed when his office is broken into while with Rockford; the paper prints all the negative information it has about Rockford afterwards. The paper had previously run a story that a leading local mobster ( Gianni Russo ) is suffering from a serious cancer, which has set off family intrigues to eliminate him. In that way Rockford's and the mobster's problems become connected. With Scott Brady, Bo Hopkins, Kenneth Tigar, Rose Gregorio, Scott Marlowe, Harlee McBride, Pat Renella, Joe E. Tata and Dallas Mitchell.