
The Thin Blue Line
Film1988103 min7.7/10 on TMDB
Directed by Errol Morris
Erases the border between art and activism.
The story
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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Gus Rose
Gus RoseSelf - Homicide Detective in DallasJackie Johnson
Jackie JohnsonSelf - Homicide Detective in DallasMarshall Touchton
Marshall TouchtonSelf - Homicide Detective in DallasDale Holt
Dale HoltSelf - Internal Affairs Investigator in DallasSam Kittrell
Sam KittrellSelf - Police Detective in VidorHootie Nelson
Hootie NelsonSelf - Friend of David Harris in VidorDennis Johnson
Dennis JohnsonSelf - Friend of David Harris in VidorFloyd Jackson
Floyd JacksonSelf - Friend of David Harris in VidorEdith James
Edith JamesSelf - Defense AttorneyDennis White
Dennis WhiteSelf - Defense AttorneyExplore the crew
- Director
- Errol Morris
- Producer
- Mark Lipson
- Writer
- Errol Morris
- Director of Photography
- Robert Chappell
- Director of Photography
- Stefan Czapsky
- Editor
- Paul Barnes
