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The Thin Blue Line (1988)

Directed by Errol Morris · Cinematography by Stefan Czapsky, Robert Chappell

101 min56 frames

CrimeDocumentary

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

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