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# The Thin Blue Line (1988): cast and crew

36 cast and 23 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Randall Adams](https://film.one/person/randall-adams.md) as Self
- [David Harris](https://film.one/person/david-harris-206088.md) as Self
- [Gus Rose](https://film.one/person/gus-rose.md) as Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- [Jackie Johnson](https://film.one/person/jackie-johnson-1697857.md) as Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- [Marshall Touchton](https://film.one/person/marshall-touchton.md) as Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas
- [Dale Holt](https://film.one/person/dale-holt.md) as Self - Internal Affairs Investigator in Dallas
- [Sam Kittrell](https://film.one/person/sam-kittrell.md) as Self - Police Detective in Vidor
- [Hootie Nelson](https://film.one/person/hootie-nelson.md) as Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- [Dennis Johnson](https://film.one/person/dennis-johnson-2646458.md) as Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- [Floyd Jackson](https://film.one/person/floyd-jackson.md) as Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor
- [Edith James](https://film.one/person/edith-james.md) as Self - Defense Attorney
- [Dennis White](https://film.one/person/dennis-white.md) 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](https://film.one/person/errol-morris.md) 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

## Directing

- [Errol Morris](https://film.one/person/errol-morris.md): Director

## Writing

- [Errol Morris](https://film.one/person/errol-morris.md): Writer

## Production

- [Mark Lipson](https://film.one/person/mark-lipson.md): Producer
- Steven Stoke: Unit Manager
- Brad Fuller: Associate Producer
- Shelley Houis: Production Manager
- Lindsay Law: Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Stefan Czapsky](https://film.one/person/stefan-czapsky.md): Director of Photography
- [Robert Chappell](https://film.one/person/robert-chappell.md): Director of Photography
- [Newton Thomas Sigel](https://film.one/person/newton-thomas-sigel.md): Additional Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Paul Barnes](https://film.one/person/paul-barnes-1096254.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Samuel Lehmer: Sound Effects Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Brad Fuller: Sound
- Jack Leahy: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- [Philip Glass](https://film.one/person/philip-glass.md): Music
- Jaime Kibben: Dialogue Editor
- Jeff Kliment: Sound Effects Editor
- Van Allen James: Dialogue Editor

## Art

- [Ted Bafaloukos](https://film.one/person/ted-bafaloukos.md): Title Designer, Production Design
- [Lester Cohen](https://film.one/person/lester-cohen.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Theo Mayes: Key Makeup Artist, Key Hair Stylist

## Lighting

- John Geisler: Gaffer

## Crew

- Matt Vogel: Special Effects

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