The Thin Blue Line
1988
Erases the border between art and activism.
- Errol Morris
- 1h 43m
- August 28, 1988 · United States of America
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 28, 1988
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- American Playhouse,Third Floor Productions
- Cast
- Randall Adams,David Harris,Gus Rose,Jackie Johnson,Marshall Touchton,Dale Holt,Sam Kittrell,Hootie Nelson,Dennis Johnson,Floyd Jacksonand 26 more
- Director
- Errol Morris
- Writer
- Errol Morris
- Producer
- Mark Lipson,Lindsay Law
- Cinematography
- Robert Chappell,Stefan Czapsky
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $1,209,846
- IMDb
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