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Short summary

The investment manager for the police pension fund is charged with murdering his secretary. The man says he did it, but Ironside is puzzled by gaps in his confession and by large amounts of money the secretary had collected.

The portrait of the dead women was painted by Thomas J. Wright, the same man who painted all of the paintings used in Night Gallery (1969).

This is Johnny Seven's first appearance as Lt. Carl Reese. However, he wouldn't become a regular character until later in the show's run.

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    • Author: Ironfire
    The secretary of an investment firm that handles the police pension fund for the SFPD is murdered and there are two likely suspects. One is Carl Betz the man at the fund whom she worked for and whom she was involved with at one time and the second is Denny Miller who is a struggling artist who has a day job as her building's janitor. At least according to one other Miller provides other services.

    Betz looks like an early frontrunner. In fact he arrives at the police disheveled in appearance and thinking he might have done the deed in a medicinal stupor. Then Miller pops up as a suspect and the Ironside team has its work cut out.

    Decent enough, but not the best for Raymond Burr and team.
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    • Author: misery
    Interesting and well-done, as all Ironside episodes were in my opinion, though hardly one of the best. As there are only two suspects it comes down to the viewer to decide which one he trusts, or at least trusts more. Carl Betz, whose life and career ended so horribly untimely by lung cancer, plays a boss who insists he must have killed his secretary, and Denny Miller, who plays the ostensible love interest of the murdered woman. Jeanne Cooper is seen briefly in a small but pivotal role as a neighbor who may have eyes on MIller and, even when offering her condolences on the death of his girlfriend/fiancee, throws in a backhand bitchy zinger. But then she is entitled as she has just given him an alibi for the suspiciously recent wounds on his hand, which have attracted police attention.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Raymond Burr Raymond Burr - Robert T. Ironside
    Don Galloway Don Galloway - Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
    Barbara Anderson Barbara Anderson - Officer Eve Whitfield
    Don Mitchell Don Mitchell - Mark Sanger
    Carl Betz Carl Betz - Jason Banning
    Denny Miller Denny Miller - Matt Wratten
    Johnny Seven Johnny Seven - Lt. Carl Reese
    Jeanne Cooper Jeanne Cooper - Mrs. Talley
    Gene Lyons Gene Lyons - Commissioner Dennis Randall
    Sidney Clute Sidney Clute - Leone
    Paul Micale Paul Micale - Cabbie
    Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy - Joe
    Donna Ouellette Donna Ouellette - Kathy Dana
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