“Sue Lee: How did you become a cop? Det. Tony Baretta: Well that was kind of a promise I made to my old man. See my folks came over on a boat, and they didn't know nothing just ignorant. My mother did whatever she had to on the streets to support us. She died when I was 10, she sure loved me a lot, I…”
— Peter S. Fischer, Det. Tony Baretta, Robert Blake, imdb.com