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The Wire(2002)
86%
2290 Votes
Overview
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Type: Scripted
Status: Ended
Languages: SpanishEnglishGreekMandarin
Countries:
United States of America
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Production Companies:
Blown Deadline Productions
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dominic West
Jimmy McNulty
Lance Reddick
Cedric Daniels
Sonja Sohn
Kima Greggs
Wendell Pierce
Bunk Moreland
Michael Kenneth Williams
Omar Little
Deirdre Lovejoy
Rhonda Pearlman
J.D. Williams
Bodie Broadus
Jamie Hector
Marlo Stanfield
Andre Royo
Bubbles
Aidan Gillen
Tommy Carcetti
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