Displaying 4 items of Two Hundred A Day with the tag "rita moreno".
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Episode 148: Marlowe (1969 Movie)
November 23rd, 2025 | 2 hrs 31 mins
1970s, 70s, bruce lee, james garner, jim rockford, marlowe, movie, p.i, raymond chandler, rita moreno, rockford files, streets are paved with forgotten husbands, television, tv
We're back! We watch the 1969 movie Marlowe, starring James Garner as well as Rockford Files alums-to-be Rita Moreno and William Daniels as well as Carroll O'Connor and Bruce Lee. An adaptation of the Raymond Chandler story "Little Sister," contemporary reviewers seemed to find it lacking as compared to the classic Humphry Bogart interpretation of Phillip Marlowe, but we really enjoyed it! Of course we are coming to it with Rockford on our minds, and it's fun to see the precursors to character traits and attitudes that end fully developed over 6 seasons of television. If you like The Rockford Files, you'll probably dig it!
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Episode 143: If It Bleeds... It Leads
September 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 59 mins
1970s, 1990s, 70s, hal linden, james garner, jim rockford, p.i, rita moreno, rockford files, television, the media is the real villain, tv, tv movie
Nathan and Eppy bid a bittersweet farewell to Rita with the final Rockford Files TV Move: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999). This was a hard one! Rita's husband, schoolteacher Ernie (Hal Linden) is falsely accused of a series of child sexual assaults, and while Jim helps to clear his name, it's not enough to prevent a series of tragedies. While this one has wonderful performances and some great spots of the Rockfordishness we always love, the content and tone made it tough to say we "enjoyed" it. It did give us great closure on "Rita and Jim, their whole thing" but, unfortunately, was not the warm victory lap to bid farewell to our friends that we kinda wanted. Content Warnings: the plot is about a child rapist, scenes include child endangerment and there is a (relatively) graphic suicide.
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Episode 141: No Fault Affair
August 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 55 mins
1970s, 70s, barbecue, goofy, james garner, jim rockford, p.i, rita moreno, rockford files, television, tv
Nathan and Eppy get re-acquainted with national treasure Rita Moreno in S6S8 No Fault Affair. After Jim's friend Rita, a sex worker, gets beat up badly by her pimp, he nurses her back to health - and she falls for him in the process. He has to navigate her emotions while she's trying to get out of her current life, but of course it's not going to be quick or easy. This is the last "regular" episode of the show for us, and we're really glad it fell here. It gives us almost all of our favorite things in the Rockford Files, and we have a lot to talk about!
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Episode 59: Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
October 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 30 mins
1970s, 70s, abe vigota, ahab, creepy goon, james garner, jim rockford, p.i, rita moreno, rockford files, television, tv
Nathan and Eppy discuss the second appearance of Rita Moreno on the show, in S5E2 Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead. Jim's friend Rita is witness to a murder, and quickly blamed for it just because she's a prostitute! Jim, of course, wants to help clear her name - but things turn more serious as they uncover evidence of a string of murders, all connected to a mobster played by Abe Vigota. It's a great character study in a villain who thinks he's a victim, and as always the Rita-Jim chemistry is so fun to watch, that's worth the price of admission all on its own!