Season 5
(1971)
Cast
as Robert Ironside
as Ed Brown
as Mark Sanger
as Eve Whitfield
as Fran Belding
Episodes
Priest-Killer 6.0
September 14, 1971
A police chief who is confined to a wheelchair and a former cop who is now a priest team up to discover who has been co…
Contract: Kill Ironside 0.0
September 21, 1971
Due to give evidence, the Chief discovers that there is a contract out on his life, and that the chosen killer is a hig…
The Professionals 0.0
September 28, 1971
A phoney cab driver is taking men to so-called parties, where they are drugged and robbed; but when one of the victims …
The Gambling Game 7.0
October 5, 1971
After the murder of Police Captain Belding, his daughter, a rookie cop, is anxious to prove that the allegations of cor…
Ring of Prayer 0.0
October 12, 1971
A prisoner is denied parole for no clear reason, and the Chief's investigations lead him to a woman who seems to have s…
In the Line of Duty 0.0
October 19, 1971
A policeman is shot and killed by an assailant. The evidence points to the murderer being a local thief, currently enjo…
Joss Sticks and Wedding Bells 0.0
October 26, 1971
Chief Ironside's sponsored "daughter" arrives from Korea, intending to marry a fellow Korean now living in San Francisc…
Murder Impromptu 6.0
November 2, 1971
An actor/producer is murdered during a series of comic improvisations, and all of the actors present at the time seem t…
Dear Fran 0.0
November 9, 1971
Fran Belding's cousin Bobby commits suicide, and a note left behind seems to suggest that he could not live without her…
If a Body See a Body 0.0
November 16, 1971
On a day out with Mark, Ed finds a body in the park, but when Homicide arrives it has gone. Teased by his rival, Homici…
Good Samaritan 0.0
November 23, 1971
Ed is shot during a raid on a jewellery store, and his life is saved by a stranger who vanishes as soon as the authorit…
Gentle Oaks 0.0
November 25, 1971
A string of deaths at a convalescence home leads the Chief to go undercover as a patient, whose two children (Fran Beld…
License to Kill 0.0
December 2, 1971
A policeman is killed, and his murderer is subsequently shot by the dead man's partner; and when it transpires that bot…
Class of '57 0.0
December 16, 1971
Ed discovers that a man sought on assault charges is Bernie Simmonds, a man who was in his class at school. Whilst purs…
No Motive for Murder 0.0
December 23, 1971
The son of an old friend, fearing that his father's life is in danger, asks the Chief to go to Tokyo. Once there Ironsi…
But When She Was Bad 0.0
December 30, 1971
The Chief is sure that a man just released from prison is responsible for the murder of a policeman, but as determined …
Unreasonable Facsimile 0.0
January 6, 1972
A string of bank robberies are being committed, all with the exact hallmarks of a certain thief recently released from …
Find a Victim 0.0
January 13, 1972
A Mob numbers racket suffers a series of robberies, but is understandably unwilling to report the thefts. The Chief, fe…
And Then There Was One 0.0
January 20, 1972
A military-issue fragmentation grenade is used in an attack on two Vietnam veterans, one of whom - a friend of Mark's -…
Death by the Numbers 0.0
January 27, 1972
A string of murders is committed, and in each case the victim has a numbered disk in their possession. After number fou…
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder 8.0
February 3, 1972
The small daughter of a friend of the Chief's dabbles in witchcraft, and becomes convinced that she is responsible for …
Achilles' Heel 0.0
February 17, 1972
The son of a judge involved in a fraud case is framed for the murder of a young actress, in the hope that this will for…
His Fiddlers Three 0.0
March 2, 1972
A violin tutor at a conservatory in San Francisco is murdered, and the suspects include an eclectic mix of talented mus…
A Man Named Arno 0.0
March 9, 1972
Alone in the office, Fran Belding is attacked by an escaped convict, and helped by a mystery man who refuses to tell he…