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The Thin Blue Line is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Errol Morris released in USA on 28 august 1988
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 august 1988
Length 1h43
Directed by Errol Morris
OriginUSA
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Films about capital punishment, Documentary films about law enforcement
Rating79%
The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 American documentary film by Errol Morris, depicting the story of Randall Dale Adams, a man convicted and sentenced to life in prison for a murder he did not commit. Adams' case was reviewed and he was released from prison approximately a year after the film's release.
Synopsis
The story began on Thanksgiving weekend in 1976. In October 1976, 28-year-old Randall Adams and his brother had left Ohio. They were driving to California. En route, they arrived in Dallas on the night of Thanksgiving, Thursday 25 November 1976. The next morning, Adams was offered a job. On Saturday, 27 November Adams went to start work at his new job but no one turned up because it was a weekend. On the way home, his car ran out of fuel.Comments
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