The Thin Blue Line

Synopsis

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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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

• D

  Don Metcalfe
  Self - The Judge

• E

  Emily Miller
  Self - Surprise Eyewitness

• R

  R.L. Miller
  Self - Surprise Eyewitness

• E

  Elba Carr
  Self - Employee at Fas-Gas

• M

  Michael Randell
  Self - Third Surprise Eyewitness

• M

  Melvyn Carson Bruder
  Self - Appellate Attorney