I'm trying to find the name of an episode I only dimly remember. I believe it was about a "haunted" house where some people had disappeared. Does this ring any bells?
shareMaybe "House of Terror" from the seventh season?
Sharon Gless, Lenore Kasdorf and young folks abound.
"It's as red as The Daily Worker and just as sore."
...around in his chair...
and you hear a ghostly moan:
"Irons---i---i---i---i--de
Irons---i---i---i---i--de"
?
Has haunted me since I saw it back in the day; would love to see it again - if this is the one
jimacleve: The episode you are interested in was built around one of the most intriguingly original concepts for the episode of a police crime drama detective series, and it provided Raymond Burr with a second opportunity in his role as Chief Ironside to turn in a tour-de-force, largely wordless performance as well!
The following info was obtained for you via a Google search.
Episode No. 160 - House of Terror
First aired: 10/25/1973 Production Code: LP44182
The Commissioner's niece makes a bet that she can sleep for one night in the master bedroom of a haunted mansion, then disappears without trace. The team decide to stay the night as well, but the Chief also vanishes. He finds himself alone in the house, surrounded by ghostly figures, sinister statues and whispered messages, whilst Ed, Mark and Fran try to find out where he has gone.
Writer: William Douglas Lansford
Director: Don Weis
Guest star: Gene Lyons (Commissioner Dennis Randall) , Lenore Kasdorf (Laura), William Durkin (Chris), Lina Raymond (Betty), Ted Pejovich (Phil), Dabbs Greer (Old Librarian), Aldine King (Cindy), Dennis Rucker (Ira), Russell Wiggins (Dave), Eddie Fontaine (Carpenter), Sharon Gless (Jennifer)
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Thank you, Terry. Now I just have to figure out what season so I can rent the videos from the library! :)
jma
"I'm almost resigned to living on what I earn."
jmacleve: The episode was indeed one of those aired during the seventh season of the series. Has your library managed to obtain bootleg copies of the entire series? The reason I ask is that Shout Factory, the distributor that has been given official sanction and access to produce retail copies of the series' episodes has to date only released the first and second seasons.
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"it provided Raymond Burr with a second opportunity in his role as Chief Ironside to turn in a tour-de-force, largely wordless performance as well! "
Out of curiosity, what was the first?
*asks, for fish*
Sealgirl
seagirl:
Here's the first episode where Burr's talents and skills at wordless performance were magnificently showcased:
Series Episode No. 75 Season 3 Episode No. 21: One Hour to Kill
Ironside becomes trapped in his office on his own, when a man comes looking for revenge. With Mark at school and Ed dragged to the opera by Eve, the Chief has to improvise a series of defences, whilst his team gradually come to realise that something is very wrong.
First Aired: February 26, 1970
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"One Hour to Kill" - for me, one of the highlights of the series.
"I'm almost resigned to living on what I earn."
Ah - Of course!
Thanks,
*thanks for fish*
Sealgirl
In my opinion "House Of Terror" is the most unusual and absolutly the most bizarre episode ever of Ironside. It was on just the other day on RTV. It is interesting that it was in the 7th season. I say this because most shows that are on for that long are exploring ways to remain fresh to viewers and try to come up with something unusual. An episode like this would never have been on during the early days of Ironside.
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