The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 American documentary film by Errol Morris, about the trial and conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 shooting of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood. Morris became interested in the case while doing research for a film about Dr. James Grigson, a psychiatrist known in Texas as "Dr. Death" for testifying with "100 percent certainty" of a defendant's recidivism in many trials, including that of Randall Adams. The film centers around the "inconsistencies, incongruities and loose ends" of the case, and Morris, through his investigation, not only comes to a different conclusion, but actually obtains an admission of Adams's innocence from the original suspect of the case, David Harris. The "thin blue line" in the title "refers to what Mr. Morris feels is an ironic, mythical image of a protective policeman on the other side of anarchy".
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Directed by Errol Morris
Genres - Crime, Documentary |
Release Date - Aug 25, 1988 |
Run Time - 103 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
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$1,209,846
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Adam, Dallas, Dallas Texas, Dark, Death Penalty, Harris, Independent, Independent, Investigation, Miscarriage Of Justice, Murder, Police Officer, Randall Dale Adams, Texas, Trial
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A keskeny kék vonal
HU
A Tênue Linha da Morte
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A Verdade Contra Tudo
PT
Cienka niebieska linia
PL
Der Fall Randall Adams
DE
Johtolanka
FI
La delgada línea azul
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La sottile linea blu
IT
Le dossier Adams
FR
På en skör tråd
FI, SE
The Thin Blue Line
AU, CA, SE, GB, US
Thin Blue Line
FI
Η λεπτή, γαλάζια γραμμή
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Тонкая голубая линия
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一線之差
HK
正義難伸
TW