First
Episode: Friday 17 January 1975 / 10.00pm
Last Episode: Thursday 1 June August 1978 /
10.00pm
Theme Music: Keep Your Eyes on Me performed by
Sammy Davis Jr.
Crime
drama series and a semi spin off from Toma
but mainly only because when Tony Musante quit
Toma Robert Blake was going to take over but the
execs decided it would be better to start
afresh.
Tony Baretta was an Italian immigrant and
streetwise cop, with a none too conventional
lifestyle. Tony had a pet cockatoo called Fred
and lived in a shabby hotel rather than a proper
home, Tony often went undercover on his cases
and always worked alone.
He usually had a "uniform" of Jeans,
T-Shirt and a cap pulled down on his head. Other
regulars included Tony's informant friend
Rooster, Tony's boss Inspector Shiller (later
replaced by Lt Brubaker) and retired cop Billy
Truman (who managed the hotel Tony lived at).
Cast
ROBERT BLAKE as Detective Tony Baretta / DANA
ELCAR as Inspector Shiller (1975) / EDWARD
GROVER as Lt Hal Brubaker / TOM EWELL as Billy
Truman / MICHAEL D. ROBERTS as Rooster / CHINO
WILLIAMS as Fats
USA
/ ABC/ x60m-e / 1975-78
Crime
drama series and a semi spin off from Toma
but mainly only because when Tony Musante quit
Toma Robert Blake was going to take over but the
execs decided it would be better to start
afresh.
