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The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Directed by Errol Morris
“Erases the border between art and activism.”
Crime, Documentary · 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.
Cast
R
Randall Adams
Self
D
David Harris
Self
G
Gus Rose
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
J
Jackie Johnson
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
M
Marshall Touchton
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
D
Dale Holt
Self - Internal Affairs Investigator in Dallas
S
Sam Kittrell
Self - Police Detective in Vidor
H
Hootie Nelson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
D
Dennis Johnson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
F
Floyd Jackson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
E
Edith James
Self - Defense Attorney
D
Dennis White
Self - Defense Attorney
Crew
- Director
- Errol Morris
- Writer
- Errol Morris
- Director of Photography
- Stefan Czapsky, Robert Chappell
- Editor
- Paul Barnes
- Producer
- Mark Lipson
Details
- Release date
- 1988-08-28
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Crime, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- American Playhouse, Third Floor Productions
- Box office
- $1,209,846