Late last year we
told you that
April 24 would see Shout! Factory's release of
Ironside on DVD. After years of court cases as
Perry Mason, Emmy-winning actor Raymond Burr took on the new role of wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside. Now we have new information, below, about the DVD releases you'll see in April. That's right, "releases" with an "s." Not one, but two:
As you can see, Shout! plans to release both
Ironside - Season 1 and
Ironside - Season 1, Volume 1. The first is an 8-disc set with the pilot telefilm plus 28 episodes, running about twenty-three hours for $59.98 SRP. That will ship in a box set using four thinpak cases that each hold two discs, stored inside a slipcover. The "Volume 1" release is just a 2-disc set in a more standard double-Amaray keepcase, with the pilot telefilm and the first five episodes. That runs around 3.25 hours for just $19.98 SRP. Here's the studio description of the show:
Chief of Detectives Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr) is shot down by a sniper's bullet while vacationing at a remote cabin. Surviving the assassination attempt, Ironside is left paralyzed from the waist down. Confined to a wheelchair, he becomes the head of his own special police unit, solving crimes with a crack team of investigators on the streets of San Francisco.
Set during the turbulent '60s, Ironside - Season One confronted the hottest issues of its time - civil rights, drugs, hippies, rock 'n' roll - and gave television its first disabled hero.
Ironside’s inaugural season attracted many special guest stars - including Jack Lord, Susan Saint James, David Carradine and Gary Collins among many others - as it began its eight-year run as destination television for millions of Americans.
