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Ironside/Robert Phillips vs. the Man
Robert Phillips vs. the Man | |
Season 2, Episode 5 | |
Airdate | October 10, 1968 |
Written by | Sy Salkowitz |
Directed by | Nicholas Colasanto |
Produced by | Paul Mason |
← 2x04 The Sacrifice |
2x06 → Desperate Encounter |
Ironside — Season Two |
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Robert Phillips vs. the Man is the fifth episode of the second season of Ironside, and the thirty-third episode overall.
Starring: Raymond Burr (Robert Ironside)
Guest Stars: Paul Winfield (Robert Phillips), Jack Hogan (Ed Barnard)
Also Starring: Don Galloway (Det. Sgt. Ed Brown) Barbara Anderson (Officer Whitfield), Don Mitchell (Mark Sanger)
Co-Starring: Diane Shalet (Mrs. Shavely), Gene Lyons (The Commissioner)
and Diane Ladd (Peggy Barnard)
with Donna Anders (Lottie Collins), Dick Williams (Spokesman), Gloria Edwards (Mrs. Adams), Ben Hammer (Fleming), Morris Erby (Mr. Adams), Fabian Dean (Det. Lt. Porter), Jack Collins (Corning), Davis Roberts (Attorney Peters), Arnold Williams (1st Man), John Rayner (Drake)
Uncredited: Ron Pinkard (Activist / Undercover Cop)
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Plot Overview
Black activist Robert Phillips is accused of murdering a shopkeeper he held a grudge against during a riot instigated by Phillips at the man's store. Ironside believes Phillips is innocent, but the latter's racist anti-white and anti-police demagoguery hinders the Chief's investigation, as do several of Phillips' equally-racist colleagues, who hurl racial insults at Mark (including calling him an "Uncle Tom") and essentially accuse him of being a "race traitor" for his work with Ironside, and also attempt to close ranks by staging anti-police protests and refusing to co-operate with the SFPD in finding out who really killed the store owner.
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- Ron Pinkard, who later went on to his most well-known role as Dr. Mike Morton on Emergency!, had an uncredited role in this episode as an undercover SFPD officer masquerading as one of the protesters