Ironside (1967 TV series)

  • Raymond Burr Robert T. Ironside
  • Don Galloway: Det Sgt Ed Brown
  • Barbara Anderson: Officer Eve Whitfield (Season 1-4)
  • Elizabeth Baur: Officer Fran Belding (Season 5-8)
  • Gene Lyons: Commissioner Dennis Randall

The boss (Original Title: Ironside ) is an American crime series from the years 1967 to 1975, which was produced by Universal TV.

Content

The policeman Robert T. Ironside, played by Raymond Burr, is dependent for a gunshot wound to the wheelchair. Equipped with numerous special powers chasing the "boss" from now on from the criminals from the wheelchair; while ( Don Galloway ), Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson ) and Mark Sanger ( Don Mitchell) him standing at Detective Sergeant Ed Brown.

Mark Sanger plays a special role: he was once jailed by Chief Ironside. As the boss, however, thought he was an intelligent young man, Mark was such a thing as the personal assistants Ironsides. So he wants to win mark for the police service.

Their headquarters they have in San Francisco.

In addition to this team and the premises of the head is also a specially retrofitted Van available, in which he travels to the inserts.

Broadcast

The first episode was broadcast on ARD on 25 July 1969 in Germany. Until May 1970 a total of 18 episodes have been shown (17 from the first, one from the second season ). On 1 May 1971, the pilot followed the following year two double episodes from the second and third season. From January to July 1974, the ARD finally showed 13 more episodes from seasons 5 to 7 RTL synchronized almost all other sequences, you forgot two software, but the newly revised pilot in abbreviated form, and the two long episodes in two parts. In 2006 was the Fourth various consequences. The 200 episodes usually each have a length of about 50 minutes, there are four double episodes.

The Revival episode The boss returns in 1993 turned. This year Raymond Burr died.

The Ironside Truck

Ironsides vehicle was recreated in 1970 as Ironside Truck by Corgi. Corgis miniature version of the van had a flip-up rear door, behind which were the figures of the Commissioner and his assistant Mark. A platform on which these two characters were fixed, let be pushed out from inside the vehicle, but not lower like a lift platform.

New edition

2013 was produced with Ironside a new edition of the series. Blair Underwood here took over the lead role. Already after a few sequels to the series on NBC was set in October.

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