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The Thin Blue Line

Movie
1988
1h 43m
English
Crime, Documentary
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8
Critic Score: 
90
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Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
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The Thin Blue Line

Movie
1988
1h 43m
English
Crime, Documentary
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Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
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8
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The Thin Blue Line (1988) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
90

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Cast

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Randall Adams
David Harris
Gus Rose
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
Jackie Johnson
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
Dennis Johnson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vi...
John Dillinger
Self - Gangster (archive footage)
Errol Morris
Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredi...
Marianne Leone Cooper
Officer Teresa A. Turko - Re-Enactm...
Directed By: Errol Morris
Written By: Errol Morris

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2016moonlight says...
5 years ago
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Been meaning to watch this for forever and it's undeniably historic. One of the most serious, well constructed, no bullshitting documentaries i've ever watched. The slow build up to an explosive ending can be hard to stick with at first, but if you get through those less exciting scene-setting first few minutes, you'll be rewarded with a conclusion that will blow your mind. And then, better still, you will google the movie to find out it was the reason Randall Adams was released from prison just a year after this documentary premiered. That's so damn inspiring. The Thin Blue Line is one of the biggest evidences of the power of good, honest film making.
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Charles Tatum
3 weeks ago
In November 1976 in Dallas, Texas, Police Officer Robert Wood was shot and killed while making an otherwise routine traffic stop. One man was arrested and sentenced to death for the crime, based on the testimony of a sixteen year old acquaintance. These basic facts are covered in one of the most bri More
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