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Baretta (1975)

Baretta poster
Directed by
Ted Post
Genre
crime television series
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 83 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 42 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tough but kind-hearted detective in a big city uses unorthodox methods and a pet cockatoo to solve crimes. He lives in a rundown hotel and helps the little people while clashing with his superiors.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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