Episode
Ironside: Five Miles High
Overview
Taking an important witness from Hawaii to San Francisco by plane, Ironside discovers that a fellow passenger is a hitman. He has to find out who is trying to kill his witness before the plane lands; but there may be more than one person trying to claim the reward for an open contract.
Details
- Series
- Ironside
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1969-11-27
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Five Miles High is Episode 10 in Season 3 of Ironside. It aired on 1969-11-27. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 9: Programmed for Danger
Several girls connected to the same computer dating agency are attacked, and when it transpires that they all fit the same rough profile, Eve sets herself up as a potential next victim, in order to catch the man responsible.
Episode 11: L'Chayim
A Torah is stolen from a local Synagogue, presided over by an old friend of the Chief's. Ironside personally takes on the case, determined to find out if the theft was an act of vandalism, as the evidence would seem to point out, or if it is really the work of thieves looking for some quick money.
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