The Thin Blue Line (1988) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Errol Morris.
Cast
- Randall Adams as Self
- David Harris as Self
- Gus Rose as Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- Jackie Johnson as Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- Marshall Touchton as Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- Dale Holt as Self - Internal Affairs Investigator in Dallas
- Sam Kittrell as Self - Police Detective in Vidor
- Hootie Nelson as Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- Dennis Johnson as Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- Floyd Jackson as Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- Edith James as Self - Defense Attorney
- Dennis White as Self - Defense Attorney
- Don Metcalfe as Self - The Judge
- Emily Miller as Self - Surprise Eyewitness
- R.L. Miller as Self - Surprise Eyewitness
- Elba Carr as Self - Employee at Fas-Gas
- Michael Randell as Self - Third Surprise Eyewitness
- Melvyn Carson Bruder as Self - Appellate Attorney
- Ron Adams as Self - Randall Adams' Brother (archive footage)
- John Dillinger as Self - Gangster (archive footage)
- James Grigson as Self - Texas Forensic Psychiatrist Prosecution (archive footage)
- Mark Mays as Self - Murder Victim (archive footage)
- Douglas Mulder as Self - Dallas Prosecutor (archive footage)
- Anna Sage as Self - Informant in John Dillinger Case (archive footage)
- Teresa Turko as Self - Dallas Police Officer (archive footage)
- Henry M. Wade as Self - Texas District Attorney (archive footage)
- Robert Wood as Self - Murdered Dallas Police Officer (archive footage)
- Errol Morris as Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
- Amanda Caprio as Popcorn Lady at Drive-In - Re-Enactments
- Michael Cirilla as 2nd Interrogation Officer Jackie Johnson - Re-Enactments
- Adam Goldfine as Randall Adams - Re-Enactments
- Derek Horton as David Harris - Re-Enactments
- Marianne Leone Cooper as Officer Teresa A. Turko - Re-Enactments
- Michael Nicoll as Interrogation Officer Gus Rose - Re-Enactments
- Phyllis Rodgers as Police Stenographer - Re-Enactments
- Ron Thornhill as Officer Robert W. Wood - Re-Enactments
Crew
- Errol Morris — Director
- Mark Lipson — Producer
- Errol Morris — Writer
- Robert Chappell — Director of Photography
- Stefan Czapsky — Director of Photography
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