"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:

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

Referenced in "The Golden Girls: Beauty and the Beast (#7.3)" (1991)

It's an oldie, but, boy, is it a goodie!

I didn't know much about Ironside, apart from my mum, explaining to me what Raymond Burr did apart from Perry Mason. So, in 1999, the BBC started to do re-runs of it, and i watched a few, and I liked it alot. Channel five showed the 1967 TV Movie, and the Priest Killer (1971, scary and a bit controversial) and it was the best i've ever seen. It blows all the other cop shows out of the water, and quincy jones's score, is addictive. the support cast, proved their worth, especially Ed and Mark, and Eve's razor sharp wit. It shows that people (the characters) who are from different backgrounds Mark, a young black ex-con, Eve's upper class background, to Ed's (i'm assuming working class catholic boy, who lost his way when his fiance died) can gel quite well, but, that was what San Francisco was like from 1967 onwards, a melting pot, of people from different backgrounds.It is worthy of a big screen remake, but they have to it justice and not go for the starsky and hutch spoof hollywood have managed to botch together. It needs a director who is a fan, rather than somebody who sees this as another remake of an old show, it's more than that. and what i can't get, is that what actually happened to the actors from Ironside, Galloway has appeared on Perry Mason a couple of times, looking 10 years older than his real age! but in comparison to him in Ironside galloway aged 30 was a catch.

enough of my female observations. It's a great programme, but i think it needs to be brought to attention of a new audience, i'm 22 years old, and i think that the programmes of today are trash!!