Ironside
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
Season 5 Episodes
E1
A police chief who is confined to a wheelchair and a former cop who is now a priest team up to discover who has been com…
E2
Due to give evidence, the Chief discovers that there is a contract out on his life, and that the chosen killer is a high…
E3
A phoney cab driver is taking men to so-called parties, where they are drugged and robbed; but when one of the victims w…
E4
After the murder of Police Captain Belding, his daughter, a rookie cop, is anxious to prove that the allegations of corr…
E5
A prisoner is denied parole for no clear reason, and the Chief's investigations lead him to a woman who seems to have su…
E6
A policeman is shot and killed by an assailant. The evidence points to the murderer being a local thief, currently enjoy…
E7
Chief Ironside's sponsored "daughter" arrives from Korea, intending to marry a fellow Korean now living in San Francisco…
E8
An actor/producer is murdered during a series of comic improvisations, and all of the actors present at the time seem to…
E9
Fran Belding's cousin Bobby commits suicide, and a note left behind seems to suggest that he could not live without her …
E10
On a day out with Mark, Ed finds a body in the park, but when Homicide arrives it has gone. Teased by his rival, Homicid…
E11
Ed is shot during a raid on a jewellery store, and his life is saved by a stranger who vanishes as soon as the authoriti…
E12
A string of deaths at a convalescence home leads the Chief to go undercover as a patient, whose two children (Fran Beldi…
E13
A policeman is killed, and his murderer is subsequently shot by the dead man's partner; and when it transpires that both…
E14
Ed discovers that a man sought on assault charges is Bernie Simmonds, a man who was in his class at school. Whilst pursu…
E15
The son of an old friend, fearing that his father's life is in danger, asks the Chief to go to Tokyo. Once there Ironsid…
E16
The Chief is sure that a man just released from prison is responsible for the murder of a policeman, but as determined a…
E17
A string of bank robberies are being committed, all with the exact hallmarks of a certain thief recently released from p…
E18
A Mob numbers racket suffers a series of robberies, but is understandably unwilling to report the thefts. The Chief, fee…
E19
A military-issue fragmentation grenade is used in an attack on two Vietnam veterans, one of whom - a friend of Mark's - …
E20
A string of murders is committed, and in each case the victim has a numbered disk in their possession. After number four…
E21
The small daughter of a friend of the Chief's dabbles in witchcraft, and becomes convinced that she is responsible for t…
E22
The son of a judge involved in a fraud case is framed for the murder of a young actress, in the hope that this will forc…
E23
A violin tutor at a conservatory in San Francisco is murdered, and the suspects include an eclectic mix of talented musi…
E24
Alone in the office, Fran Belding is attacked by an escaped convict, and helped by a mystery man who refuses to tell her…
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