Toma
Season 1
This series Is based on the real-life story of New Jersey detective David Toma. Toma was a master of disguise and undercover work. Toma himself made a cameo appearance in many episodes.
Where to Watch Season 1
22 Episodes
- The Oberon ContractE1
The Oberon ContractHour long series based on the real life exploits of Neward, N.J., Detective David Toma. Starring in the title role is Tony Musante as the plainclothes detective in the vice squad of a big city police force. Co-starring is Simon Oakland as Inspector Spooner, to whom Toma reports. Despite massive evidence pointing to ex convict Eddie Siatti as the killer of a city councilman, Toma continues to investigate after learning of the victim’s ties with organized crime. - Ambush on 7th AvenueE2
Ambush on 7th AvenueDave Toma is about to begin a dangerous investigation of a gangland killing in which two citizens were killed by mistake when Inspector Spooner informs him he will be joined on the case by a university student observing police procedures. Student Larry Tapscott qualifies as a volunteer for the police departments field experience program and his request to observe Toma in action is approved by Spooner. Despite initial annoyance with the added responsibility Toma soon takes a liking to the youth whose interest in the case proves to be far more than academic. - Blockhouse Breakdown
E6Blockhouse BreakdownDave Toma poses as a cop hating misfit to get close to a young sniper barricaded atop a building in the crowded section of the city. Armed with guns and grenades, Billy Haskell is taking shots at citizens from his fortress in a downtown section. As Inspector Spooner is about to order police in a helicopter to dispose of the sniper, Toma persuades the inspector to let him join Billy in the guise of an ally. The plan backfires when Toma, pretending to be a hate-ridden social rebel, is dismissed as a freak by Billy, who ties him up to keep him out of the way. - The Bambara BustE8
The Bambara BustToma travels abroad, posing as a professor of archaeology, to track down the source of a ring smuggling narcotics into the United States in artifacts purchased by American tourists. The series is based on the exploits of real-life Detective David Toma. In Madrid, Dave acquires a figurine of a fertility goddess known as the Bambara bust, which he soon discovers has been filled with bags of heroin. When he meets Marian Dalton, an attractive widow whose little girl is carrying a huge toy clown, the detective befriends the woman, whom he believes is linked with the smugglers. He arranges to return to the States aboard the same ocean liner with her. - Time and Place Unknown (1)E11
Time and Place Unknown (1)Toma infiltrates a gang planning a multimillion-dollar bank robbery by posing as a crooked stunt driver, only to face a life-and-death challenge of proving his fake identity to increasingly suspicious gang members. When hoodlum stunt driver Jim Androtti is killed and Inspector Spooner succeed in keeping his death a secret, hoping that the gang leader, Ralph Connell, who has lost his driver, will attempt to enlist Androtti. The plot works. After spending weeks in the hospital, recuperating as Androtti, Dave is recruited by Connell on the day of his release. But Connell and his gang later become suspicious when the undercover cop pushes too hard for details of the caper. One of a two-part drama - Time and Place Unknown (2)E12
Time and Place Unknown (2)Having assumed the identity of a crooked stunt driver in order to infiltrate a gang planning a multimillion-dollar burglary of go along with the entire caper when a change of plans thwarts all possibilities of his communicating with Inspector Spooner. Gang leader Ralph Connell has worked out every detail of a weekend break-in of a bank in the town of Stillwater. As driver-mechanic, Dave has been able to send in the license number and a description of the car to be used, but Connell makes a last-minute switch in vehicles. With Toma at the wheel, the gang shakes the police, leaving Spooner and Patty Toma in the dark as to the whereabouts of Dave. - A Funeral for Max FabianE13
A Funeral for Max FabianDave Toma poses as a stevedore on the East Coast docks to investigate corruption and a murder rising out of strife between rival factions of a union local. During a union election one of the supporters of Max Fabian, an honest man, is killed. Toma's investigation proves a mysterious powerful syndicate ruler will stop at nothing to halt Max Fabian from being elected. - The Contract on Alex CordeenE15
The Contract on Alex CordeenA mobster comes to Toma with news that he, the mobster, has a price on his head. Toma follows along hoping to foil the hit attempt. But the mobster's fatalistic attitude leads Toma to suspect that the mobster is hiding something -- specifically, the exact reason there is a contract out on him. - Joey the WeepE16
Joey the WeepDistraught over the apparent gangstyle killing of his pal Joey, Dave Toma joins forces with a newsman to find out who actually killed their mutual friend. Joel Horowitz is a sentimental, small-time bookie known on the streets as "Joey the Weep." He is moved to tears when Dave tells him about the drug deaths caused by syndicate heads dealing in dope. Shortly afterward, Joey is murdered and Toma allows a newspaperman named Windy to work on the investigation with him. As Toma gets deeper into, the case, he grows increasingly suspicious of Windy's motives, especially when he learns that Windy is in trouble at home and at work. - IndictmentE20
IndictmentJamie Farr, in a rare villain's role, plays a L.A. County prosecutor who has a high conviction rate because he uses every trick in the book, some of them unethical to say the least and criminal to say the worst. When Toma tries to prosecute a murder suspect, he realizes that the prosecutor isn't interested in justice at all but simply wants to throw the book at anybody and everybody -- including some innocent people.
