Baretta

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978.

Baretta
Baretta title screen
GenreDetective fiction
Police procedural
Created byStephen J. Cannell
Starring
  • Robert Blake
  • Dana Elcar
  • Tom Ewell
  • Michael D. Roberts
Theme music composer
Opening theme
  • "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow"
  • Sung by Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Played by El Chicano
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes82 (list of episodes)
Production
Production companies
  • Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions
  • Universal Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJanuary 17, 1975 (1975-01-17) 
May 18, 1978 (1978-05-18)
Related
Toma

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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