Tales of the City (1993)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 1993-09-28
• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Seasons: 1, 5 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 0m
• Network: PBS, Channel 4
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 37 votes

Created by Armistead Maupin, Richard Kramer.

Top cast

• Olympia Dukakis as Anna Madrigal
• Donald Moffat as Edgar Halcyon
• Chloe Webb as Mona Ramsey
• Laura Linney as Mary Ann Singleton
• Marcus D'Amico as Michael "Mouse" Tolliver
• Thomas Gibson as Beauchamp Day
• Paul Gross as Brian Hawkins
• Barbara Garrick as DeDe Halcyon Day
• Billy Campbell as Jon Fielding
• Nina Foch as Frannie Halcyon

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Tales of the City

• United States: watch free on Hoopla, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Tubi TV; buy on Amazon Video
• Canada: watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV

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