"The Wire"
The Target (2002)

Director:

Clark Johnson

Writers:

David Simon (creator)
David Simon (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The Wire" (2002)

Original Air Date:

2 June 2002 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

During the trial of D'Angelo Barksdale, a mid-level dealer accused of murder, the prosecution's star witness recants her testimony...

Plot Keywords:

Police Detective | Wiretapping | Black Detective | Female Detective | Irish American Cop

Cast

Dominic West	...	Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
John Doman	...	Maj. William A. Rawls
Idris Elba	...	Russell 'Stringer' Bell
Frankie Faison	...	Dep. Comm. for Operations Ervin H. Burrell (as Frankie R. Faison)
Larry Gilliard Jr.	...	D'Angelo Barksdale
Wood Harris	...	Avon Barksdale
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman
Wendell Pierce	...	Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Lance Reddick	...	Lt. Cedric Daniels
Andre Royo	...	Bubbles
Sonja Sohn	...	Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs
Peter Gerety	...	Judge Daniel Phelan
Seth Gilliam	...	Det. Ellis Carver
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	Johnny Weeks

Runtime:

62 min

Trivia:

The Snot Boogie murder story and Bunk's story of shooting a mouse in his kitchen with his service weapon are true stories from David Simon's book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" which served as the basis for "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993).

Movie Connections:

References The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Soundtrack:

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