"Ironside" (1967) TV series 1967-1975

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Creator:

Collier Young

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

14 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

The chief of detectives!

Plot:

Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Policewoman | Wheelchair | Van | San Francisco California

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Raymond Burr	...	Robert T. Ironside / ... (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Don Galloway	...	Det. Sgt. Ed Brown / ... (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Don Mitchell	...	Mark Sanger / ... (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Barbara Anderson	...	Officer Eve Whitfield / ... (105 episodes, 1967-1971)
Elizabeth Baur	...	Fran Belding / ... (89 episodes, 1971-1975)

Also Known As:

"The Raymond Burr Show" (USA) (syndication title)

Runtime:

60 min (199 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:M (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Harbour Productions Limited

Trivia:

In many of the early episodes, Ironside and his team would drive around in an armored car. However, during the second season they replaced it with his more familiar van.

Quotes:

Robert T. Ironside: I... LIKE... burned toast.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 102 (#1.6)" (1998)

Excellent Pilot for a successful tv detective series

Raymond Burr is excellent as Robert T. Ironside and proves that despite being crippled by a snipers bullet, manages to trap his would be assassin and bring the culprit to book.

Great locations,(set in San Francisco), powerful score by Quincy Jones and excellent supporting cast.

This film captures the mood of the late 60's in America, better than any other film of its time.

Naturally with the above combination it was decided to make a successful tv series that ran for eight years and quite rightly so, I always thought Ironside was one of the best cop shows of the 60's & 70's and it was exciting to see how he would cope in dangerous situations when confronting crooks, when his friends were not always around to help him.

Raymond Burr as Ironside proved that he could solve cases sitting down better than any other tv cop standing and despite being paraplegic he was more than a match for any able bodied villain or crook, with his sharp mind and 26yrs experience on the SFPD.

Excellent film and tv series, its a pity there is nothing like it around like it today.