This fast-paced police drama portrays the brutal detective work of a homicide department in Baltimore. Dealing with the numerous murders are Detective John Munch, Lt. Al Giardello and Det. Meldrick Lewis. Early episodes of the show were inspired by the book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" written by David Simon.
Yaphet Kotto
Richard Belzer
Clark Johnson
Andre Braugher
Kyle Secor
Melissa Leo
Daniel Baldwin
Ned Beatty
Reed Diamond
Isabella Hofmann
Peter Gerety
Jon Seda
Callie Thorne
Jon Polito
Toni Lewis
Max Perlich
Željko Ivanek
Michelle Forbes
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