Ironside – The Complete Fourth Series
Written by Quin Rose on 24/06/09 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
Paralysed by a would-be assassin's bullet, Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr) continues his personal war on crime from his uniquely equipped office at SFPD headquarters aided by a crack team of investigators. IRONSIDE&8217;s fourth season continues the series' tradition of presenting stories laced with intelligent detection, action and justice. All 26 fourth season episodes of the classic and hugely popular 70s police drama are presented in this 7 DVD set.4.1 A KILLING WILL OCCUR
An unidentified male caller warns Ironside he is about to commit a murder in the interest of &8220;justice&8221;, sending Ironside and his team on a frustrating chase after shadows.
4.2 NO GAME FOR AMATEURS
Ironside and his team seek the killer of a witness in a government trial, in the ranks of an anti-war group dedicated to the assistance of young men evading the draft.
Guest stars Martin Sheen.
4.3 THE HAPPY DREAMS OF HOLLOW MEN
A happy weekend at a mountain cabin turns into a nightmare for Ironside when a blizzard strands him with a drug addict whose supply has run out.
Guest stars Joseph Campanella.
4.4 THE PEOPLE AGAINST JUDGE McINTYRE
Re-creation of a famous murder trial by Mark Sanger&8217;s night law school class seems like a good exercise in learning, until an attempt of McIntyre&8217;s life convinces Ironside someone connected with the trial wishes to discourage digging into the records.
Guest stars Alan Hale Jr. and Tyne Daly.
4.5 NOEL&8217;S GONNA FLY
Noel Seymour attempts to escape the burdens of life by joining the hippie generation, but soon discovers his new &8220;friends&8221; are bilking him. An emotionally distraught Seymour seeks vengeance &8211; a goal Ironside is determined to thwart.
Guest stars Richard Basehart.
4.6 THE LONELY WAY TO GO
When police refuse to accept a murder confession from a financier, because his jealousy motive fails to ring true, Ironside investigates and discovers an intricate plot of embezzlement, eavesdropping and double-crossing.
Guest Stars Denny Miller.
4.7 / 4.8 CHECK, MATE; AND MURDER (PART 1 and 2)
Ironside and his staff, in Montreal to attend the International Congress of Criminologists, are appalled when a delegate is killed outside the hotel in the explosion of a mailbox. When an 18 year old youth is arrested in connection with the crime, because he is a member of a terrorist group headed by a professor, the boy&8217;s mother appeals to Ironside for help.
Guest stars Hermione Gingold.
4.9 TOO MANY VICTIMS
Although sympathetic to his anguish, Ironside must prefer entrapment charges against a veteran police officer when he tries to supply evidence to convict a dope pusher responsible for his daughter&8217;s plight.
Guest stars Forrest Tucker.
4.10 THE MAN ON THE INSIDE
When $50,000 worth of syndicate stock, as well as heroin and land deeds in Ironside&8217;s name are discovered, Ed and the Narcotics Squad are forced to jail Ironside, although Ed continues to insist the Chief is being framed.
4.11 BACKFIRE
Law student Mark Sanger catapults Ironside and his staff into an embarrassing investigation when one of his school assignments triggers the reopening of a murder case where the suspect had sworn vengeance against Ed for wrongful imprisonment.
4.12 THE LAYING ON OF HANDS
At the request of a friend whose wife is unable to accept the paralysis of her legs, Ironside follows her to a seedy gathering at which a 14 year old faith healer will perform. Convinced the boy is sincere, but that his manager has ulterior motives, Ironside begins an investigation.
4.13 THIS COULD BLOW YOUR MIND
A gangland &8220;enforcer&8221; tries to use a psychological testing centre to force Ironside into revealing the hiding place of an informer. But Ironside has a few surprises in store for both the gangster and the supercilious psychologist.
Guest stars Bradford Dillman and George Grizzard.
4.14 BLACKOUT
Ironside encounters an old friend, Sgt. Spangler, during a power blackout affecting San Francisco. When the police microfilm laboratory is broken into, suspicion falls upon Spangler, and Ironside determines the blackout was a diversionary tactic to cover up a major robbery elsewhere in the city.
Guest stars Jack Albertson.
4.15 THE QUINCUNX
A folk-singing trio with a penchant for hallucinatory drugs leads Ironside on a strange search for a missing girl and a murderer which leads the team of a trail whose dimensions follow the form of a mathematical shape - called a &8220;quincunx&8221;.
Guest stars David Carradine.
4.16 FROM HRUSKA WITH LOVE
Ironside and his staff are placed on detached duty with the State Department to arrange an exchange of spy Hruska Pazourek for an American professor against whom similar charges have been leveled by the Communists.
4.17 THE TARGET
Ex-convict Brokaw, determined to make a new start for the sake of his son, realises his job as a demolition expert is jeopardised by militants who buy dynamite from his co-worker. In order to secure his co-operation, the anarchists kidnap Brokaw&8217;s son, leading him to seek help from Ironside
Guest stars Earl Holliman.
4.18 A KILLING AT THE TRACK
Officials ask Ironside and his team to investigate when a prominent jockey takes three bad falls during important races, leaving his career threatened by suspected race fixing.
Guest stars Joel Grey.
4.19 ESCAPE
Ironside&8217;s team face barriers of national pride when they are sent to Latin America to investigate a suspected murderer. A pair of proud brothers, resentful of the San Francisco police&8217;s involvement, seem close to a conviction when Ed and Eve come up with a second suspect, triggering a near tragedy.
4.20 LOVE, PEACE, BROTHERHOOD AND MURDER
The death by heroin injection of a young actress finds Ironside on the scene, along with a group of young theater hopefuls, each with motives for murder.
Guest stars Robert Lipton and Sally Struthers.
4.21 THE RIDDLE IN ROOM SIX
Convinced that gangster Henry Barbosa has fixed a member of the jury without the knowledge of his respected lawyer, Ironside and his staff narrow the suspects to four members of an impaneled jury.
Guest stars Andrew Duggan and Anthony Eisley.
4.22 THE SUMMER SOLDIER
With the threat of deportation, an elderly Armenian tobacconist is blackmailed by a pair of delinquent nephews to allow them to use his shop as a cover for the sale of marijuana.
Guest Stars Theodore Bikel and Walter Koenig.
4.23 ACCIDENT
Mark suffers deep remorse after his van knocks down a woman pedestrian, but Ironside soon learns the victim has a long history of defrauding insurance companies.
Guest Stars Juanita Moore and Chelsea Brown.
4.24 LESSON IN TERROR
Convinced that a prisoner, serving a year&8217;s sentence for having started a riot, is an innocent man, a teenager, with the cooperation of his girlfriend, and her militant sister, allows himself to be held prisoner. His naivete receives a severe jolt when realising he has placed his life in jeopardy, since his captors play by different rules.
Guest stars David Soul and Simon Oakland.
4.25 GRANDMOTHER&8217;S HOUSE
Margaret Brainard, an elderly socialite and widow of the former chief of the San Francisco police, is attacked in a park purse-snatchingm resulting in the loss of her family jewels. Young Brainard fears his aunt&8217;s misfortune may provide grounds for business associates to accuse her of mental incompetence. Recovery of the jewels is imperative, and Ironside soon discovers his strongest ally is a 10 year old girl.
Guest stars Jessie Royce Landis.
4.26 WALLS ARE WAITING
Don Brandt&8217;s severity with parolees on narcotics charges stems from grief at his sister&8217;s mental illness &8211; the result of a bad LSD trip. When an attempt is made on his life, Brandt immediately suspects small dealer Tommy Sanchez is the culprit. But Ironside isn&8217;t convinced, and demands solid evidence.
Release date: 24 Jun, 2009
Country of origin: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 1274.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMB957
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