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1988 Certificate 15
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A reconstruction of the murder of Dallas policeman Robert Wood in 1976, through film clips and inter-views. A sixteen year old boy and a twenty-seven year old drifter were arrested for his murder and although the youngster bragged about being the murderer the police convicted the drifter. Read more

Starring Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson
Director Errol Morris
Genres Documentary, Drama

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The Thin Blue Line

A reconstruction of the murder of Dallas policeman Robert Wood in 1976, through film clips and inter-views. A sixteen year old boy and a twenty-seven year old drifter were arrested for his murder and although the youngster bragged about being the murderer the police convicted the drifter.

Starring Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson, Marshall Touchton, Dale Holt, Sam Kittrell, Hootie Nelson, Dennis Johnson, Floyd Jackson, Edith James, Dennis White, Don Metcalfe, Emily Miller, R.L. Miller
Director Errol Morris
Studio OPTIMUM
Run time DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Documentary, Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 07 Jan 2008
Production year: 1988
Format DVD

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  • Documentarist-extraordinary Morris' original and delightfully bizarre slice of investigative film-journalism attempts,... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008
  • 2 stars out of 4

    Gripping, excellently structured investigative journalism.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    one of a kind documentary

    The Thin Blue Line slowly builds the

    compelling story of the murder of a Dallas cop. The soundtrack and repeated focus on the crime develop extraordinary power as it presents actual events.

      • A customer from shepherds bush, london
      • Posted 23 Jul 2005 19:13

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    miscarriages of justice illustrated

    Amazing documentary of a blatant miscarriage of justice where vested interests of local law enforcement overode any idea of proper crime investigation, iven that it happened 30 years ago when the people involved expected to get away with it and as one of the interviewees says there are probably 1000's of such cases happening every day. Interesteing if depressing at the low behaviour of petty people.

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