The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line
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The Thin Blue Line

DirectorErrol Morris

“Erases the border between art and activism.”

7.7 / 10 · 434 votes
NR
1988
1h 43m
CrimeDocumentary

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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