This was one of the most memorable and original of The Rockford Files episodes. You'll enjoy it, but you'll be scratching your head when its over even more vigorously than James Garner was.
Barbara Babcock hires Garner ostensibly to look up old movie colleagues of a famous director who was known for his pro-Nazi sympathies which made him persona non grata after Pearl Harbor. Pretty soon he finds one in the person of film editor Paul Stewart, but after that it all comes unraveled.
So many people start taking an interest in this case. But does it have to do with the director's Nazi buds, a missing French masterpiece, an old murder/suicide scandal from Hollywood or even the fact that most of his films are missing at the late director's doing? These and many other questions are still puzzling this viewer.
The French Surete is involved with Maurice Marsac and the old Nazis are well represented by Peter Von Zerneck. Not to mention the LAPD with series regulars Joe Santos and James Luisi and of course various and sundry Hollywood characters.
You know the old saying about you can't tell the players without a scorecard. Doesn't mean a thing here because we're not sure what the game is.