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Baretta

  • Watchlist
  • 1975-1978
  • 4 Seasons
  • ABC
  • Suspense, Drama
  • TV-PG
  • Watchlist

Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) is a street-smart, maverick undercover cop with the N.Y.P.D., who won't hesitate for a second to toss the rule book out the window if it stands between him and taking some bad guy off the street. His unconventional methods often land him in hot water with his boss (Lieutenant Shiller (Dana Elcar), later Lieutenant Hal Brubaker (Edward Grover)), but as long as Baretta was getting the job done, there wasn't much they could do. Ex-cop Billy Truman (Tom Ewell) and Rooster (Michael D. Roberts) were Baretta's main men on the street, and Fred was his pet cockatoo.

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Robert Blake
Det. Tony Baretta
Tom Ewell
Billy Truman
Edward Grover
Lt. Hal Brubaker

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Episode 1

New Girl in Town

Wed, Sep 28, 197760 mins

Baretta is in a blue funk because of a string of failed relationships with women; in fact, the opening finds him nursing a massive hangover and crawling to the phone after going on a bender after another breakup. So who does he get as a new partner? A real bitch --literally. Kelly, a female dog, is brought in to work with Baretta as both sniff out (him figuratively, her literally) a dangerous psychedelic mushroom. Baretta gradually gains respect for the dog -- but then both of them start ducking rifle bullets from an aging Mob hit man. Fortunately, the hired gun is getting so old he can't shoot straight, but it just makes him more and more determined to kill. Finally Rooster (who's carrying drugs on him and is sniffed out) tells Baretta there is a murder contract on the dog rather than on Baretta. The young-Turk mob capo tries to fire the hit man, but when Baretta and Kelly invade the warehouse, the hit man picks up his rifle again and vows to kill the entire group if they interfere with the hit.

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Awards

  • 1976 - Golden Globe - Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama - winner
  • 1976 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1976 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Series - winner
  • 1977 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Series - nominated

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