David Toma Movies
- 1975
Deadly Weekend stars Lloyd Bridges as LA beat cop Joe Forrester. Patrolling his old neighborhood, Forrester gets wind of an impending gang rumble. This information puts a dent in his search for a knife-wielding robber. Things get personal when a close friend of Joe's is killed. As Saturday blends into Sunday, the rumble deadline draws closer, and the robber is still at large. Deadly Weekend was first shown on November 4 and 11, 1975, as a two-part episode of the weekly Joe Forrester TV series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
The made-for-TV Toma was inspired by the real-life career of New Jersey plainclothes detective Dave Toma. Tony Musante stars as the detective, whose penchant for impenetrable disguises makes him indispensable to the undercover division of the Newark police department. Toma's fierce independence gets him in hot water with his superiors, who are forced to say "no" when he expresses a desire to get the goods on a numbers racketeer. Defying orders, Toma dons another clever disguise and infiltrates the gang. Tony Musante, Susan Strasberg (as Patty Toma) and Simon Oakland (Inspector Spooner) were all retained for the subsequent Toma series, which ran from 1973 until 1974, then resurfaced in altered form as the Robert Blake cop series Baretta. As he would so often on the weekly Toma, the real David Toma plays a cameo role in this 74-minute pilot film. The original Toma was first telecast March 21, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
