The Rockford Files : The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls (1977)
Directed by Ivan Dixon / Stuart Margolin / James Whitmore
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Four small-town businessmen hire Jim (James Garner) to help them purchase a fire engine--or at least that's their story. Sizing up the detective and jumping to the conclusion that he will do anything for $20,000, the men instruct Jim to murder a young actress (Priscilla Barnes) who threatens to reveal that they've been defrauding the IRS. Of course, they're wrong--but Jim is equally wrong when he assumes that the police will believe him when he tries to inform on the foursome.