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Baretta(TV show/series, 1975-1978)

1h per episode | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 83 episodes

BarettaRating: 3.1/5 (with 17 votes)
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–1974 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role. "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow," the show's theme music, was composed by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames and sung by Sammy Davis Jr., in addition to being a chart hit for two other artists. ()
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About Baretta

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.

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ABC Wednesday night promo October 1976(Trailer, 0:21)

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Baretta Seasons and Episodes

09/28/1977Season 4 - 24 episodes
#1 | 09/28/1977New Girl in Town
A mobster orders a ""hit"" on Baretta's new partner, a drug-sniffing police dog.
#2 | 10/05/1977Somebody Killed Cock Robin
Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer.
#3 | 10/19/1977Lyman P. Doffer, Fed
An FBI computer expert poses as a field agent to join Baretta on a case regarding stolen emeralds that led to murder.
#4 | 10/26/1977The Sky Is Falling
Baretta tries to save a teen-age male prostitute who is being pursued by a killer after witnessing a friend's murder.
#5 | 11/02/1977It's Hard But It's Fair
Baretta poses as the trainer of a former champion boxer to trap a drug-smuggling murderer.
#6 | 11/16/1977Buddy
Baretta puts his career at risk by sheltering a retarded teenager who he thinks has been falsely accused of killing his mother.
#7 | 11/23/1977Por Nada
An attack on the leader of a street gang, and the murder of his girlfriend, threatens to ignite a war in the barrio.
#8 | 11/30/1977Who Can Make the Sun Shine?
His concern for an elderly amnesiac interferes with Baretta's investigation of a schoolyard drug pusher who is responsible for several overdose deaths.
#9 | 12/07/1977All That Shatters
War veterans are being blamed for a series of bombings that are actually the work of a wheelchair-bound bomber who is attacking buildings and transportation systems without handicap access.
#10 | 12/21/1977It Goes with the Job
Baretta does a lot of soul-searching after wounding a boy while trying to stop a holdup. Then he himself is targeted for revenge by one of the robbers who escaped.
#11 | 01/04/1978Hot Horse
Two elderly neighbors of Baretta's steal a million-dollar racehorse back from the thief who originally took it, then hide it in their apartment until they can claim the reward.
#12 | 01/11/1978Why Me?
A woman who was attacked is so traumatized that she clings to Baretta and hampers his investigation of the robbery and murder she witnessed.
#13 | 01/18/1978I'll Take You to Lunch
When his friend Billy is one of the hostages taken by robbers trapped at a roadside tavern, Baretta tries to negotiate a deal between them and a sheriff who is unwilling to concede anything because of his political situation.
#14 | 02/02/1978It's a Boy
When a former girlfriend shows up with a baby named after him, Baretta plans to marry her until it turns out that she is a pawn in a power struggle between two mobs, with an assassin on her trail.
#15 | 02/09/1978Just for Laughs
Baretta comes to the aid of a has-been comic trying to make a comeback, who has recently suffered several attempts on his life.
#16 | 02/16/1978The Marker
Family loyalty compels a friend of Baretta's to agree to kill the man who assaulted an aging mobster's daughter.
#17 | 02/23/1978The Stone Conspiracy
On temporary duty with the vice squad, Baretta learns that his partner is taking bribes, and is ordered by his boss to investigate the other officers on the squad as well.
#18 | 03/09/1978The Appointment
Baretta tries to find out why a laundry owner, who happens to be engaged to his cousin, refuses to identify the two men who held up his store and killed a cop.
#19 | 03/23/1978Woman Trouble
Baretta tries to help a 12-year-old girl who has run away from the orphanage find her recently paroled father before he takes part in a jewel robbery.
#20 | 03/30/1978The Gadjo
Baretta's young partner is ostracised by his Gypsy family for refusing to perform an atonement ceremony after accidentally killing his younger brother during a robbery.
#21 | 04/06/1978Barney
Baretta goes undercover as a trucker to help the daughter of a murdered newspaperman pursue the hijackers who killed her father when he got too close.
#22 | 05/04/1978The Dream
Faced with a difficult kidnapping case, Baretta accepts help from a girl who appears to have psychic knowledge of the crime.
#23 | 05/11/1978The Snake Chaser
A mobster who was badly scarred as the result of a shoot-out seeks revenge on Baretta.
#24 | 05/18/1978The Bundle
Two actresses, one of whom is Rooster's cousin, are in fear for their lives after a murder allows them to make off with $50,000 in stolen money.
09/22/1976Season 3 - 25 episodes
09/10/1975Season 2 - 22 episodes
01/17/1975Season 1 - 12 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: New Jersey
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/17/1975
Last episode released on: 05/18/1978

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:1325, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024