Ironside (TV Series) The Professionals (1971) User Reviews

Lots going on here

[TopekaBob · 8/10 · 26 January 2022]

Interesting idea for a show and moves along at a nice pace. Still no sign of Eve Whitfield's replacement (although she's in the credits) so Johnny Seven and an insurance guy hang out in the office and are part of the action.

No guest stars of note in this, male dominated and a lot of the characters are wearing outfits that seemed designed to test the color peaks of the cameras.

The "foggy San Fran" scenes are clearly in the Universal Lot, but by Season 5 I've come to love the Universal lot and spotting the same buildings.

Nasty bit of business near the end though, getting ready to kill Johnny Seven. Doesn't seem like it would be a good idea to kill a cop as I would think the cops would go nuts until they got revenge.

James Drury no longer such a nice guy

[amorehl · 9/10 · 21 June 2023]

This episode involves a group of crooks who steal credit cards from out-of-town businessmen. A taxicab driver offers a man a chance to party and, when he accepts, he wakes up the next morning, drugged, and with his credit cards stolen. While the men report their stolen credit cards, they lie about how it happened. So all goes well, with the gang flying under the police's radar, until one man drops dead from the knock-out drops. That puts Ironside on the case, along with Lt. Carl Reese (Johnny Seven). Ed Brown (Don Galloway) goes undercover but the taxidriver gets spooked, and reports in to his boss, who is not impressed. The boss (played by James Drury fresh off his long, 9-season stint as "The Virginian") wants to keep right on going. Working all the angles, Ironside, et al., manage to solve the case, just in time to rescue Lt. Reese from a nasty fate.