The Thin Blue Line
In Theaters
August 28, 1988
Runtime: 1h 43m
One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road outside Dallas, Randall Dale Adams accepts a ride from teenager David Harris. Harris is driving a stolen vehicle and, later that night, when Dallas police officer Robert Wood pulls the car over to check its headlights, he is shot and killed. A jury believes Adams is the killer, but stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.
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Cast & Crew
- RA
Randall Adams
Self
- DH
David Harris
Self
- GR
Gus Rose
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- JJ
Jackie Johnson
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- MT
Marshall Touchton
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- DH
Dale Holt
Self - Internal Affairs Investigator in Dallas
- SK
Sam Kittrell
Self - Police Detective in Vidor
- HN
Hootie Nelson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- DJ
Dennis Johnson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- FJ
Floyd Jackson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- EJ
Edith James
Self - Defense Attorney
- DW
Dennis White
Self - Defense Attorney
- DM
Don Metcalfe
Self - The Judge
- EM
Emily Miller
Self - Surprise Eyewitness
- RM
R.L. Miller
Self - Surprise Eyewitness
- EC
Elba Carr
Self - Employee at Fas-Gas
- MR
Michael Randell
Self - Third Surprise Eyewitness
- MB
Melvyn Carson Bruder
Self - Appellate Attorney
Errol Morris
Director
Errol Morris
Writer
Media
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