Cat No: ABD4720 Release: 25 Aug 08 Certificate: PG
Duration:
1452 mins
Year:
1967
Format:
DVD
Region: 2 (PAL)
IRONSIDE: SERIES 1
Synopsis: In March 1966, Ironside broke new ground in television programming by introducing the potential new series as a world premiere feature length movie. The response was overwhelming.
Raymond Burr, fresh from 9 years as TV’s Perry Mason, starred as Chief of Detectives Robert Ironside, shot down by a sniper’s bullet while vacationing at a remote cabin. Surviving the assassination attempt, Ironside is left paralysed from the waist down. Confined to a wheelchair, he becomes the head of his own special police unit, fighting crime with intelligence and action, aided by crack team of investigators on the streets of San Francisco.
From 1967-1975, Ironside confronted the hottest issues of its time – civil rights, drugs, hippies, rock ‘n’ roll – giving television its first disabled hero and star Raymond Burr (Perry Mason) a second major television hit. Ironside’s inaugural season attracted many special guest stars – including Harrison Ford, Bruce Lee, Jack Lord, Susan Saint James and David Carradine among many others – as it began its eight-year run as destination television for millions across the globe.
