Toma

Mar 21, 1973

1h 30m

★ 7.5

Framed by the mob, Toma fights to save his reputation... and his life!

Overview

This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia numbers racket.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions

Universal Television

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Cast

Det. David Toma

Tony Musante

Lieutenant Spooner

Simon Oakland

Patty Toma

Susan Strasberg

Tully

Michael Baseleon

Frank Barber

Robert Yuro

Marlowe

David Spielberg

Harrison

Ron Soble

Prolaci

Nicholas Colasanto

Donzer

Abe Vigoda

Sam Hooper

Philip Michael Thomas

Bags Rolland

David Mauro

Det. Vinnie Cecca

David Toma

A grissled cop with tendencies towards excessive force teams up with an ambitious and righteous prosecutor to track down a dangerous crime boss whom they both want desperately to catch. But their quarry resorts to devious methods to stall their investigation and eventually turn them against each other. Now the stage is set for a dangerous triangle.

0.0

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