Ironside: The Priest-Killer (1971)
- Director(s):
- Richard A. Colla
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First telecast September 14, 1971, "The Priest Killer" was originally identified as the two-hour opening episode of Ironside's fifth season. In truth, it is the second pilot film for the TV cop series Sarge, starring George Kennedy as cop-turned-priest Father Samuel "Sarge" Kavanaugh. Though based in San Diego, Sarge teams with wheelchair-bound San Francisco detective Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr) to track down an unknown serial killer who has murdered two priests. Though the motive for the murders is at first unknown, given the presence of Anthony Zerbe in the supporting cast it isn't difficult to ascertain the identity of the killer. The weekly, hour-long series version of Sarge would premiere one week after "The Priest Killer", on September 21, 1971. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Robert Williams - Tom McMurtry
- Regis J. Cordic - Archbishop
- Max Gail - Patrolman
- Robert Karnes - Hugh O'Flynn
- Louise Latham - Martha Gordon
- Allison McKay - Woman
- Ned Romero - Monsignor
- Charles Seel - Sacristan
- Anthony Zerbe - Vincent Wiertel
- Thomas Bellin - LaPlan
- Fred Slyter - Author
- Peter Brocco - Father Miles
- Ann Doran - Harriet Miles
- David Huddleston - Harris Davis
- George Kennedy - Sarge
- Ron Masak - Michaels
- Kermit Murdock - Publisher
- Robert Sampson - Father Dennis McMurtry
- Robert Shayne - Father Adam Wendell
- Don Ross - Det. Baker
- Gail Bonney - Josephine McMurtry
- Director(s):
- Richard A. Colla
- Writer(s):
- David Levy, Robert Van Scoyck, Joel Oliansky
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