“On the front lines of America’s drug war, one family is living in the crossfire.”
The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his father Gary McCullough, as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the twin-engine economy of heroin and cocaine.
T.K. Carter
Gary McCullough
Khandi Alexander
Denise Francine 'Fran' Boyd
Sean Nelson
DeAndre McCullough
Clarke Peters
Fat Curt
Glenn Plummer
George 'Blue' Epps
Toy Connor
Tyreeka Freamon
Tasha Smith
Veronica "Ronnie" Boice
Maria Broom
Bunchie Boyd
Corey Parker Robinson
R.C.
The Corner is a crime, drama series that first aired in 2000 exploring themes of drug abuse, drug crime, baltimore, usa, urban life, urban, urban decay. Created by David Simon, it stars T.K. Carter, Khandi Alexander, Sean Nelson. The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his father Gary McCullough, as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the twin-engine economy of heroin and cocaine.
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