Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

georgeszaslavsky I have discovered back then Ironside when I was a child. I must have seen one or two seasons back then. Some months ago, I had an opportunity to buy the seasons on DVD, this is what I did and I watched all the 8 seasons. Raymon Burr's acting in Ironside is far superior than in Perry Meason. Ironside various episode featured and treated about civil rights problems, mob syndicates, political bribes, murder for hire and the Vietnam war. We will see evolve Mark Sanger', first Ironside's aid then becoming a cop and an attorney, also during the first four seasons the female officer was Eve Whitfield which I liked more than her successor Fran Belding. Some great guest stars like Joseph Campanella, Gary Collins, Vera Miles, Johnny Seven,Richard Anderson, William Shatner, Bill Bixby, David Carradine to name a few appeared in several episode. What was pleasing in Ironside was the use of rethorics and the way of leading an investigation. The plots in the different episodes were cleverly thought and the action was there. I recommend this series which is iconic and classic.

lois-lane33 Raymond Burr had just done a 1957 to 1966 stint as Perry Mason-probably the TV detective that is most known in the history of television when he embarked on this project that was to run well into the 1970's. I watched the 1968/69 season and I was surprised to see that the burgeoning US space program, and at the opposite end of the spectrum-the Vietnam War-seemed to make no appearances in any form in any of the episodes. The 68/69 season overlaps the the first time man walked on the moon as well as one of the most turbulent periods of the Vietnam War. Watching this show you would think that the US was the epitome of ordinariness-where nothing bad happened and also nothing particularly interesting ever happened either. In that way I thought the show was curiously out of step with the times it was set in which is unusual. The show would appear very dated if ran back to back with say a newer episode of Hawaii Five 0 or NCIS. For fans of the 'whodunit' genre this show will go over well. For people who demand a bit more in the way of period accuracy-keep going.

Bellfire32 Ironside started out as a great show about a physically challenged police officer that could fight crime. He had 2 police officers and one aide as his sidekicks. The police officers and aide were like his family and you could actually see the love and affection he had for them and they him. The stories were about all of them interacting with oneanother and I just love the programming from the 60's anyway because of the feel but this program went sour about 1969 and later. The first mistake is they changed writers. Secondly, the stories became more mysteries than drama. Thirdly the family seemed to be more about fitting into the mysteries than living actual lives. I liked to see each actor shows his or her character. Eve was a rich girl, Ed was an average Joe, and Mark was a guy who turned his life around for the better. When the show changed so did the characters except for the Ironside. There was too much spy nonsense, diamond heists, art thefts and all in out corniness. Gone were the days that they operated as a team and lived as a family. (I'm not getting into Eve's replacement, Fran and how she just ruined the dynamics of the unit.) The only thing that got better was the change in music to the latest them but if that was in place of a good script than it was not worth it.

roghache I have fond memories of watching this well crafted detective show during my growing up years. The series portrays the story of San Francisco Chief of Detectives, Robert Ironside, who has been hit by a sniper's bullet, paralyzing him from the waist down. Confined to a wheelchair, he must forego his previous detective position but stays on with the Police Department as sort of a consultant. Ironside ferrets out crime while working from a special Police Department office complete with exercise equipment and sleeping facilities. Assisting him is his own special unit, a diverse trio consisting of regular cop Detective Sargent Ed Brown, educated policewoman Eve Whitfield, and black ex con Mark Sanger. During the course of the series Sanger progresses from Ironside's bodyguard to a police officer and finally a lawyer.In this series we see this formerly tough Chief of Detectives endeavouring to nail San Francisco's bad guys, all the while coping quite successfully with his recent disability. The program shows that this previously high profile crime fighter can still lead an equally productive life from his wheelchair. The show reveals his character development as well as his interactions with the trio of assistants, all providing viewer interest in addition to the crime solving elements.Raymond Burr, alias Perry Mason, was born to solve TV crimes! The actor gives a masterful performance here as the wheelchair bound Ironside. This is generally quite an engaging detective series and frankly, I wish that there was more TV programming of its quality these days.