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The second-season opener of Ironside finds wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr) engaging in a high-stakes game of "sleight of hand". With a touring exhibition of rare jewels arriving at a San Francisco museum, Ironside must keep the method of shipment secret from master jewel thief Arthur Justin (Sorrell Brooke)--who in the past has had an irksome habit of remaining at least two steps ahead of the Law. For the sake of authenticity, several genuine jewels are seen in this episode, including the Kimberly and Transvaal Diamonds (studio publicity of the time indicated that the real gems were insured for seven million dollars, which was real money back in 1968!)