A new film series starring Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside
with Don Galloway as Det-Sgt Brown, Don Mitchell as Mark Sanger and Elizabeth Baur as Officer Fran Belding
with guest stars Rick Lenz, William Windom

At last, after patient police work, a ruthless gang boss has been convicted. Even though the charge is only tax evasion, the penalty can mean up to five years in jail; and in this case it is the clear duty of Judge Lawrence Van Buren to pass the maximum sentence.
But gangsters make their own laws - and it is easy enough to frame the judge's son for murder...