Ironside

Ironside

98 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | March 28, 1967

Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and left for dead while vacationing at his friend the Police Commissioner's rural retreat. Ironside survives the murder attempt, but the bullet has damaged nerves in his spine, leaving him a paraplegic. Unable to gain reinstatement as chief of detectives, Ironside gets permission to continue investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Det. Sgt. Ed Brown and Officer Eve Whitfield, and a newly-hired aide/driver, Mark Sanger, Ironside sets out to solve his first case as a civilian by finding the people responsible for the attempt on his life.

Ironside

98 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | March 28, 1967

Ironside
Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and left for dead while vacationing at his friend the Police Commissioner's rural retreat. Ironside survives the murder attempt, but the bullet has damaged nerves in his spine, leaving him a paraplegic. Unable to gain reinstatement as chief of detectives, Ironside gets permission to continue investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Det. Sgt. Ed Brown and Officer Eve Whitfield, and a newly-hired aide/driver, Mark Sanger, Ironside sets out to solve his first case as a civilian by finding the people responsible for the attempt on his life.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Universal Television, Harbour Productions Unlimited
Original title Ironside
Directors James Goldstone
Writers Don Mankiewicz, Collier Young

Cast

Raymond Burr

as Robert Ironside

Geraldine Brooks

as Honor Thompson

Wally Cox

as Scoutmaster

Kim Darby

as Ellen Wells

David Sheiner

as Doctor

Lilia Skala

as Sister Agatha

Gene Lyons

as Police Commissioner Randall

Don Galloway

as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown

Barbara Anderson

as Eve Whitfield

Don Mitchell

as Mark Sanger

Joel Fabiani

as Dr. Schley