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.
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 8 episodes
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A woman is killed in a locked room, and her daughter Susan confesses to the murder after apparently becoming possessed by the spirit of her long-dead younger brother. The Chief enlists a psychic to help him in his investigations, but the clues that she offers him seem to confuse more than they assist.
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Directed by Russ MayberryWritten by Jimmy Sangster, Anthony LawrenceGuest stars Linda Dano, Carolyn Jones, Sian Barbara Allen, Granville Van Dusen, Paul Richards, Michael Anderson Jr., Bill Bixby, Virginia Christine
The Chief links his case with a psychiatrist, who turns out to be a psychopath with a passion for brainwashing. Before he can get his evidence together, however, Fran is taken as the next victim of the doctor's peculiar brand of therapy, and is programmed to kill Ironside. Meanwhile Susan has to face past guilt over the death of her brother before she can be safe from herself.
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Directed by Russ MayberryWritten by Jimmy Sangster, Anthony LawrenceGuest stars Linda Dano, Carolyn Jones, Sian Barbara Allen, Granville Van Dusen, Paul Richards, Michael Anderson Jr., Bill Bixby
Mark and his girlfriend come across a murder whilst on a date, but decide to defend the killer when it transpires that he acted in self defence. During the case the pair get married, and Ed decides to move in with the Chief in Mark's place.
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Directed by Charles S. DubinGuest stars Frank Gorshin, Ned Glass, Cameron Mitchell, Harlan Warde, Jason Wingreen, Kenneth Tobey, Penny Santon, Harry Harvey
When somebody takes pot shots at Fran's hot-headed cop boyfriend, he soon comes under suspicion for a handful of assaults and two murders. All the trouble seems to be linked back to a case he investigated with his one-time partner, now turned private eye; but is it a case of cop-turned-bad, or is it something else?
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Directed by Don WeisGuest stars Lenore Kasdorf, Mike Farrell
When Ed returns from a holiday he finds the Chief missing, and a series of obscure clues pointing to the suggestion that he has been kidnapped. In truth Ironside has been waylaid by an old enemy, a mobster seeking his help to solve a murder, but a gang war is brewing and the Chief needs his team to find him in time to stop it erupting unchecked.
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Guest stars Barry Sullivan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Gary Crosby, Pat Renella
A series of murders appear to be connected to an old friend of the Chief's, an ageing woman from San Francisco's old rich set; and when the murders are linked to her debutante's ball and she appears to be exhibiting signs of deteriorating mental health, the odds look stacked against her. As always, though, the Chief looks elsewhere to find the truth.
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Directed by Alvin GanzerWritten by Collier Young, Walter BlackGuest stars Dana Andrews, Jess Walton, Frank Maxwell, Meg Wyllie, Virginia Gregg, Kim Hunter, Alan Napier, Cesar Romero
The Chief's god-daughter witnesses a murder whilst performing in a street-side harlequin show. On the run from the murderer, she and her boyfriend remain one jump ahead of Ironside's team; but there is an added dimension to the case which the Chief cannot at first hope to guess at, and a further reason for his god-daughter's desperate flight.
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Guest stars Bettye Ackerman, Kathleen Quinlan, Phillip Pine, Michael Bell, Paul Picerni, Ed Nelson, Ron Thompson
A convict awaiting parole hears that his son has been shot dead following a clash with a rival teenage gang. Although eager for vengeance he has another son to think about, and the Chief is determined to keep them both on the straight and narrow, whilst at the same time finding out who really killed the boy.
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Directed by David FriedkinGuest stars Kathie Browne, Paul Burke, Anthony Eisley, Anne Seymour, Ned Romero, Bob Hastings, Butch Patrick
After the killing of one of his men, gangland boss Lew Parker puts out a contract on Ironside, which the undercover Ed is forced to pick up. Unable to contact the rest of the team Ed has to go along with the preparations for a heist, but when his cover is blown and he winds up a prisoner, the Chief and co must find the missing links before it is too late.
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Directed by David FriedkinGuest stars Elisha Cook Jr., Jim Hutton, Shelley Fabares, Peter Mark Richman, Troy Melton
A friend of Ed's becomes the target of an assassin, but cannot shed any light on the reasons for the attempt on his life. When Ed discovers that his friend is a priest, prevented from speaking by the bounds of confession, he and the Chief attempt to discover the truth; which soon leads them to three unexplained murders amongst the city's drug dealers.
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Directed by Don WeisWritten by Oliver CrawfordGuest stars Christopher Connelly, Jean Allison, John McLiam, Anne Schedeen
A retired assassin kills the son of a mob chief, and tries to escape town after anonymously leaving his own young son in the care of Chief Ironside. The Chief soon puts two and two together, and figures out who the boy is; but he still has to find the father, before a major league gangster out for revenge can get to him first.
A British police inspector visits San Francisco for a conference, and whilst there assists his old friend Chief Ironside with an awkward investigation. It soon appears, however, that he knows more about the case than he should do, and that his involvement may have something to do with his deteriorating state of health.
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Directed by Don WeisWritten by Jimmy SangsterGuest stars John Williams, James McCallion
Ed befriends the daughter of the judge presiding over his latest case, only for the girl to come to him in fear for her father's life. It seems she is overreacting to a series of accidents, but events soon suggest her suspicions may be correct; especially after it turns out that her father's new wife has old Underworld connections she thought she had left behind.
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Directed by Don WeisGuest stars Ina Balin, Joseph Campanella, Joseph V. Perry, Katherine Cannon
Ed befriends the daughter of the judge presiding over his latest case, only for the girl to come to him in fear for her father's life. It seems she is overreacting to a series of accidents, but events soon suggest her suspicions may be correct; especially after it turns out that her father's new wife has old Underworld connections she thought she had left behind.
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Directed by Bruce KesslerGuest stars James Wheaton, Coleen Gray, Gary Frank, Julie Gregg, Richard Anderson, Paul Mantee, Don 'Red' Barry, Jordan Rhodes
