Series synopsis
Baretta is an American crime drama mystery television series that premiered on ABC on January 17, 1975. It ended on May 18, 1978. It was created by Stephen J. Cannell. It stars Robert Blake, Dana Elcar, Sharon Cintron and Burt Young.
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 ...
Premise
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.
Premise: If you can't do the time don't do the crime
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Robert Blake as Det. Tony Baretta
- Dana Elcar as Inspector Shiller
- Sharon Cintron
- Burt Young
- Michael D. Roberts
- Val Avery
- Joshua Shelley
- Richard Jaeckel
Supporting cast
- Tom Skerritt
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
- Sheree North
- Kathleen Beller
- Carl Gottlieb
- Miguel Piñero
- Neville Brand
- Gwen Welles
- Lara Parker
- Woodrow Parfrey
- Frank Ronzio
- Edith Atwater
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 83 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | January 17, 1975 | April 30, 1975 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 10, 1975 | April 28, 1976 |
| Season 3 | 25 | September 22, 1976 | April 6, 1977 |
| Season 4 | 24 | September 28, 1977 | May 18, 1978 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
He'll Never See Daylight Again Baretta vows revenge on the hoodlum whose thugs murdered his girlfriend. |
January 17, 1975 |
| 2 |
The Five and a Half Pound Junkie When his childhood friend is murdered, Baretta tries to protect the pregnant widow and her unborn child from the killers, and from her own drug habit. |
January 24, 1975 |
| 3 |
Woman in the Harbor A parole officer is murdered after telling Baretta that a model who supposedy killed herself months earlier is alive in Mexico. |
January 31, 1975 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues Baretta comes to suspect that his close friend, a music store owner, may not only be a drug dealer, but may be unknowingly selling heroin so pure that it is killing his customers. |
September 10, 1975 |
| 2 |
The Glory Game Baretta has to go on the run to clear his name after he is framed for the murder of a gun dealer he was investigating, who was selling weapons to teenagers. |
September 17, 1975 |
| 3 |
On the Road Baretta must use his wits to survive after he and a runaway girl he apprehended unwittingly get into a police car being driven by a couple of holdup men disguised as cops. |
September 24, 1975 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Ninja Baretta tries to stop a Japanese martial arts expert from taking personal revenge on the mobsters who murdered his daughter. |
September 22, 1976 |
| 2 |
Soldier in the Jungle Baretta finds out that that hit man he is trying to stop from killing a local mobster may be one of his childhood friends. |
September 29, 1976 |
| 3 | Runaway Cowboy | October 6, 1976 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
New Girl in Town A mobster orders a ""hit"" on Baretta's new partner, a drug-sniffing police dog. |
September 28, 1977 |
| 2 |
Somebody Killed Cock Robin Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer. |
October 5, 1977 |
| 3 |
Lyman 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. |
October 19, 1977 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 17, 1975 |
| Last aired | May 18, 1978 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 21:00:00 |