Handsome, rugged, and talented italian american actor tony musante was born on june 30, 1936 in bridgeport, connecticut. The film was sinatras fourth collaboration with director gordon douglasafter young at heart 1954, robin and the seven hoods 1964, and tony rome 1967although it was a far more sombre affair than those pictures. This series is based on the reallife story of new jersey detective david toma. An international coproduction with dialogue in both italian and english, this erotic thriller from writer lucio fulci and director giuseppe patronigriffi stars tony musante as michael parker, a successful american businessman living in italy with his girlfriend. Tony dead and his brother too streets talkin every week the coppers comin through and homicides scoopin niggas out of paulie crew.
Musante was born in bridgeport, connecticut, into an italian. Trouble man and chatos land, both 1972 and comic joey faye round up the rest of the group. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more if you have questions. She is also bringing back her book club as a show, oprahs book club. This book really meanders, and for a novel called the detective, the main character is shockingly bad at doing just that. Baretta is an american detective television series that ran on the abc television network from 1975 to 1978. Hes 3rd billed in robert aldrichs the grissom gang 1971, with kim. I owe sinatra as much as anybody whos ever enjoyed the beauty of showbusiness. Colors are vivid and the image sharp everywhere except optical sections the film has a number of dreamy transitions and flashbacks that tend to. Other interesting cast member is definitive tony musante as joe other memorable role were in the detective alongside of frank sinatra. Handsome, rugged, and talented italianamerican actor tony musante was born on june 30, 1936 in bridgeport, connecticut to an accountant father and a school teacher mother. Murder on the orient express by agatha christie, a study in scarlet by arthur conan doyle, the cuckoos calling by robert gal. He attended oberlin college and northwestern university. The year the show premiered, the baby name toma, which had only ever appeared in the data as a girl name, started seeing usage as a boy name.
Frank sinatra gives a gritty performance in the crime thriller the detective. Police story is an american anthology crime drama television series that aired on nbc from september 25, 1973 through may 3, 1987. Tony musante, a ruggedlooking american actor who was seen on. Tony musante tv series is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 2 times. The detective is a 1968 neonoir crime film directed by gordon douglas, produced by aaron rosenberg and starring frank sinatra, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by roderick thorp. Baretta was a modified version of a previous show called toma. A crime drama based on a real new jersey detective, david toma, it ran 22 episodes plus the 90 minute movie pilot. He attended both northwestern university and oberlin college. The bird with the crystal plumage, dario argentos directorial debut, is the rare serial killer picture that leaves much to the imagination by staging its murders with a minimum of gore and a reliance on strategic camera work. A desperate novelist decides to take a page from one of his own books when he accidentally acquires a shipment. The gritty tv police drama toma, which starred actor tony musante as new jersey police detective david toma, started airing in 1973.
The bird with the crystal plumage by dario argento dario. Kudos to the sly editor who reworked sinatras interrogation of tony musante into a gay quickie. Star tony musante didnt take to the rigors of shooting a weekly series, so he left after one season. When teddy leikman, the homosexual son of a politically connected departmentstore magnate, is murdered, detective joe leland frank sinatra is sent in to investigate. Musante was born in bridgeport, connecticut, into an italianamerican family, the son of natalie anne nee salerno, a school teacher, and anthony peter musante, an accountant. It adheres to a classic trope where more than one case dovetails together, this time over the course of a very long career, and it was too goddamn long. Tony musante tv series crossword clue answer crossword. Handsome, rugged, and talented italianamerican actor tony musante was born on june 30, 1936 in bridgeport, connecticut.
Tony musante, who recently starred as a mafia boss on the hbo series oz but was. Secrets and lies in the golden age of crime by susannah stapleton jun 2019 4. With tony musante, simon oakland, susan strasberg, david toma. He appeared in a wide variety of tv, stage and film. June 30, 1936 november 26, 20 was an american actor, best known for the tv series toma. There are not a lot of things that can be said about tony musante that you dont know yet a celebrity whose popularity has grown significantly over 2020. Frank sinatra, lee remick, ralph meeker, jack klugman, horace mcmahon, lloyd bochner, william windom, tony musante, al freeman jr. List of the 50 best crime tv series and detective shows. Tony musante is probably one artist who year after year, obtains the best covers in the specialized media.
This is a story of tortured people keenly told focucusing on wwo main plots. Variety reports that tony musante, best known for starring in the 1973 tv detective series toma, has passed away at age 77. Stark and brutal for its time, the detective, was frank sinatras best drama of the 1960sthe manchurian candidate belongs to laurence harvey and angela lansbury. Toma is an american crime drama television series that ran on abc from march 21, 1973 to may 10, 1974. I was just a kid, but i watched all the cop shows, and this was a successful one. Tomashow, book, and even the detective himselfall struggled to craft a. The twilight time bluray of the detective is another excellent new encoding, correcting most of the problems of the fox dvd from 2005. Tony musante full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Three years later, producer david susskind chose musante to play a switchbladewielding. Following a role in the detective 1968 with frank sinatra, he also began to. Tony musante 193620 played reallife newark cop david toma, an officer with a legendary arrest record putting away drug. Toma himself made a cameo appearance in many episodes. The detective is about police detective joe leland investigation on the murder of a homosexual man. Tony musante was eventually given the lead role but mr.
With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow. Upcoming, new, and past tony musante movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. These scenes often have a claustrophobic feel to them, as they focus on hands, knives, and body parts, and use sound. Tony musante 193620 played reallife newark cop david toma, an officer. Tony musante, the actor whose career in films, television, and theater spanned more than 50 years, and who was described by his wife jane as a grand lover of life, has died at the age of 77. The detective is a 1968 neonoir crime film directed by gordon douglas, produced by aaron rosenberg and starring frank sinatra, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by roderick thorp costars include lee remick, jacqueline bisset, jack klugman, william windom and robert duvall, with a script by academy awardwinning screenwriter abby mann. Susan strasberg and simon oakland also star in supporting roles as his wife and his boss, respectively. The series stars tony musante as a reallife detective david toma, who was a master of disguise and undercover work. Along with bullitt and coogans bluff, the detective made 1968 a banner year for hip, tough celluloid sleuths. American actor as the world turns died on tuesday november 26th 20. The series stars tony musante as a reallife detective dave toma, who was a. Handsome, rugged, and talented italianamerican actor tony musante was born on june 30, 1936 in bridgeport, connecticut to an. The actor died on tuesday, november 26th in manhattan of a hemorrhage. Tony musante celebrity profile check out the latest tony musante photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in new york city in this drama. Tony musante biography, pictures, credits,quotes and more. The detective is not our firmly tongueincheek tony rome, but rather a serious neonoir with a message and more than a bit of nostalgia for the times of bogart and dreams made of black birds. Tony musante celebrity profile check out the latest tony musante photo gallery, biography, pics. The show was created by author and former police officer joseph wambaugh and was described by the complete directory of prime time network and cable tv shows as one of the more realistic police series to be seen on television. Tony worked as a school teacher prior to beginning his acting career in offbroadway theater in 1960. The director of this movie would make a righteous friday the th flick. They usually tend to be a bit of shamelessly gory, nudityfilled fun, which might not be the apex of filmmaking, but they sure do tend to make for a good time. Tony musante, who recently starred as a mafia boss on the hbo series oz but was bestknown for playing a reallife newark, n. The question is asking to calculate the book that tony have in all if one eight of his book are 3 mystery books, base on the questions, and on my further calculation, i would say that the answer would be 24 books. Actor tony musante agreed to play a new jersey detective in toma for just one season. Musante acted in numerous feature films, in the united states and elsewhere, including italy. Tony musante the detective, 1968, and who can forget his riveting performance in the cult classic, the incident, 1967, ralph waite yep, papa walton in the classic tv series, the waltons, 19721981 but a fabulous bad guy. Tony musante american actor as the world turns dead at age 77.
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