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Tales of the City

Name: Tales of the City
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Cast: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney, Marcus D'Amico

1993 · 1 season, 5 episodes · 60m episodes · Drama, Mystery · PBS, Channel 4 · United Kingdom · Rated 18 (GB)

Naivety and mystery, hilarity and sobriety, grass and arse!

Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.

Created by

Richard Kramer, Armistead Maupin

Based on the novel by

Armistead Maupin

Starring

Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney, Marcus D'Amico, Thomas Gibson

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