“Amy Prentiss” – 1974
The video above is in fact from A Man Called Ironside, and was the pilot to the spin off series called Amy Prentiss.
Catherine MacGregor stars as Irma Pyle in the San Francisco Police Department. Jessica Walter plays the title character, a hardworking San Francisco police woman who aspires to the position of Chief of Police. Amy has a supporter in chief Robert Ironside Raymond Burr.
Director(s)
Lou Antonio
Noel Black
Gordon Hessler
Boris Sagal
Producer
Cy Chermak executive producer
Cast
Jessica Walter – Amy Prentiss
Steve Sandor – Detective Tony Russell
Art Metrano – Detective Rod Pena
Johnny Seven – Detective Contreras
Helen Hunt – Jill Prentiss
Gwenn Mitchell – Joan Carter
Amy Prentiss was San Francisco’s first female chief of detectives, and the stories reflected the affects of this on the PD and Amy’s life. The series was a spin-off from Ironside.
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