The Thin Blue Line

1988

Action / Crime / Documentary / Drama / Mystery

29
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 90% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 27431 27.4K

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Plot summary

This unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.

Director

Errol Morris Photo
Errol Morris

Top cast

Errol Morris Photo
Errol Morris as Himself
Marianne Leone Photo
Marianne Leone as Teresa Turko
Henry M. Wade Photo
Henry M. Wade as Self - Texas District Attorney
Randall Adams Photo
Randall Adams as Himself
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808.69 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 4
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 42

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by view_and_review 8 / 10

Texas Justice

"Thin Blue Line" is an early and extended version of "Forensic Files." The biggest difference is that "Forensic Files" focuses on the evidence used to catch a criminal whereas "Thin Blue Line" focused on evidence to exonerate a man falsely accused. Anyone not familiar with "Forensic Files," there's a narrator who recaps important points of the case along with interviews with important people to the case and some reenactment. "Thin Blue Line" had everything but the narrator.If the justice system has fingered you as the culprit it is usually very hard to prove your innocence. Randall Adams found that out first hand. He was accused of killing a cop in Dallas in cold blood. There was very little evidence to tie him to the crime, but law enforcement saw to it that they got enough to convince a jury of his guilt.The documentary isn't riveting by any means, and it's really a wonder why this case of who-knows-how-many was chosen for a documentary when there were probably far more egregious cases of injustice out there. Still, the documentary is good, especially for anyone concerned with the halls of justice.
Reviewed by Rindiana 7 / 10

What's the Truth?

Apart from the fact that this investigative crime documentary freed a wrongly sentenced man from prison, which is astonishing in itself, the pic is very solidly crafted, indeed. Morris gets the viewer deeply immersed into the obscurely working wheels of justice.But the story itself is so strong, one almost oversees some formal flaws along the road. The almost constant soundtrack, as good as it is, gets rather annoying. The restaged scenes with actors look slightly amateurish. And the focus on the case itself prevents more general, profound thoughts on all the issues at hand to surface.Still, it's a well-made doc anyway.7 out of 10 unreliable witnesses
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