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Season 5 – Ironside

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A paralyzed police veteran becomes a special consultant to the force.
Ironside — Season 5

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Collier Young

Creator

Raymond Burr

Robert T. Ironside

Don Galloway

Det. Sgt. Ed Brown

Barbara Anderson

Officer Eve Whitfield

Don Mitchell

Mark Sanger

Elizabeth Baur

Fran Belding

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 21, 1971 Contract: Kill Ironside A small-time gangster (Phillip Pine) warring with a mob boss hires a hit man (James Olson) to kill Ironside. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 28, 1971 The Professionals A mobster (James Drury) recognizes an officer assigned to infiltrate a ring stealing credit cards. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 5, 1971 The Gambling Game Neophyte policewoman Fran Belding tips the police's hand in a crackdown on gamblers. Guest star: Bobby Darin. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 12, 1971 Ring of Prayer The murder of a parole candidate leads to an ex-newspaperman and a beautiful spirit medium (Barbara Rush). Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 19, 1971 In the Line of Duty The probe of an officer's death uncovers a connection between the widow (Vera Miles) and a hostile boy. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 26, 1971 Joss Sticks and Wedding Bells The fiance (Soon-Teck Oh) of Ironside's Korean foster child (Miko Mayama) is accused of robbing his boss. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 2, 1971 Murder Impromptu A blackmailing actor is slain during a performance attended by Ironside; guests Roddy McDowall, Anne Archer, Barbara Hale. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 9, 1971 Dear Fran Fran agonizes over her cousin's suicide, until occurrences lead her to think he still lives; guest Christine Belford. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 16, 1971 If a Body See a Body Brown finds a dead man in the park, but the body suddenly vanishes; guest Beth Brickell. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 23, 1971 Good Samaritan A stranger (Michael Callan) who gave Brown first aid turns out to be a soldier wanted for killing a WAC. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 25, 1971 Gentle Oaks Ironside poses as a patient in a nursing home with a high death rate; guests Ruth Roman, John Carradine. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 2, 1971 License to Kill A bitter officer (David Carradine) is accused of killing the mobster who murdered his partner; guest Jackie Coogan. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 16, 1971 Class of '57 Brown learns his high-school sweetheart (Marlyn Mason) is connected to a larcenous classmate. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 23, 1971 No Motive for Murder Ironside goes to Tokyo to protect a Japanese officer (James Shigeta) who befriended him near the end of World War II. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 30, 1971 But When She Was Bad The mob orders a woman (Suzanne Pleshette) to set Ironside up for murder, but she can't go through with it. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 6, 1972 Unreasonable Facsimile An ex-vaudevillian and reformed bank robber (Burgess Meredith) fumes when someone imitates his style; guest Susan Seaforth. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 13, 1972 Find a Victim The proprietor (Pat Hingle) of a halfway house for reformed criminals steals from rich gangsters and gives the money to his charges. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 20, 1972 And Then There Was One The prime suspects in the grenade death of a Vietnam veteran are the members of the man's former squadron; guest Scott Hylands. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 27, 1972 Death by the Numbers Ironside impersonates an eccentric artist (Raymond Burr in a dual role) believed to be a serial killer's next target. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 3, 1972 Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder A mentally impaired youth (Lee Paul) is arrested for a death actually caused by a 9-year-old amateur witch (Jodie Foster); guest Rod Serling. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 17, 1972 Achilles' Heel A judge (William Windom) can save his son from a phony murder charge by acquitting a gangster of income-tax evasion. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 2, 1972 His Fiddlers Three The slain member of a famous string quartet recorded a prediction of his death months earlier; guest Tim Matheson. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 9, 1972 A Man Named Arno Ironside's investigation of a possible suicide reveals the identity of a stranger (Nico Minardos) who disappeared after helping Fran. Details

Season Info

Director
Leslie H. Martinson, Don McDougall, Christian Nyby II, Corey Allen, Raymond Burr, Alf Kjellin, Chris Christenberry, Don Weis, James Neilson
Creator
Collier Young
Executive Producer
Cy Chermak
Screenwriter
Sy Salkowitz, Edward DeBlasio, Max Hodge, Frank Telford, Helen McAvity, Fred Freiberger, Mark Rodgers, Martin Roth, Jack Morse
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 21, 1971