The Thin Blue Line

1988 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 26,836 VOTES · DIR. Errol Morris

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Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 1,273 lines

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00:01:39 In October, my brother and I left Ohio. We were driving to California.
00:07:26 When he finally saw that he would either have to kill me...
00:11:33 The officer falls in the street and he was in the first traffic lane.
00:16:08 And this case had gone a month, or nearly a month...
00:19:19 it looked just as good as when I'd taken it out of the swamp.
00:23:28 with a bunch of people getting drunk at the drive-in.
00:28:29 He didn't remember anything about a shooting.
00:32:38 And I said, "Sure." And I said, "What sort of a case is it?"
00:36:01 and had someone on the floor of a 7-Eleven type of store...
00:39:42 "What do you care? He's only a drifter."
00:44:13 at first...
00:48:15 And she said, "That's the man, I saw that man!
00:52:28 I really couldn't see anything inside.
00:56:03 And I hadn't heard anything about it.
01:00:05 with the voluntary statement that we got from Adams.
01:03:32 And he left.
01:06:53 He's crazy.
01:10:57 that they had said that they were gonna get that reward money...
01:14:15 in our state appeals court, I was 9-0 correct...
01:17:49 He said, "I was wrong. I smoked marijuana, I was drinking.
01:21:55 I was over there messing with this man's wife.
01:26:14 and was flirting with a young lady and her boyfriend became upset...
01:29:44 She's right.
01:33:57 But I wasn't doing nothing but hurting myself.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,273
Dialogue density12.4 lines / min
First line00:01:39
Final line01:33:57

Production Record

DirectorErrol Morris
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$1,209,846
IMDb votes26,836