The Wire
- Release Date
- June 2, 2002
- Cast
- Dominic West , Lance Reddick , Wood Harris , Wendell Pierce , Clarke Peters , Michael K. Williams , Deirdre Lovejoy , J.D. Williams
- Main Genre
- Crime
- Seasons
- 5
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