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The Rockford Files
1974 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 6 seasons
Created by Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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There was a Rockford Files episode where he distracted a crooked businessman in LA by buying the mineral rights under his house and sending a drilling crew to his front yard.
>A lot of movie productions infamously do not have positive cash flow.
You're confusing cash flow with declared income/loss. The shenanigans pulled on shows like "Columbo" and "The Rockford Files", resulted in high-quality, long-successful shows showing "losses" by the studio, are classic examples. Search on "Hollywood Accounting."
This sounds a lot like the typical small town where they try to make up for lost tax revenue by aggressive policing. One town I'll remember to never go I guess, not that I'd probably ever go there anyways.
There was an old Rockford Files episode called Pastoria Prime Pick, where a small Calforinia town was growing economically by mixing small real and manufacturing/setting-up people with big crimes in order to either solicit bribes for lower crimes and take in huge fines.
Some good recommendations in the article. As a resident, I have enjoyed Joe Ide and especially Walter Moseley’s writing and sense of place. Not to mention all the crime TV and movies set here, from Chinatown to the Rockford Files.
There is a bit of it on Youtube. Have you looked much there?
Even things like 'Der Fahnder' a German TV cop show. Some episodes of The Rockford Files are there. Some Barney Miller.