Cast & crew
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Directed by Errol Morris Written by Errol Morris
Cast
| Randall Adams | Self |
| David Harris | Self |
| Gus Rose | Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas |
| Jackie Johnson | Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas |
| Marshall Touchton | Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas |
| Dale Holt | Self - Internal Affairs Investigator in Dallas |
| Sam Kittrell | Self - Police Detective in Vidor |
| Hootie Nelson | Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor |
| Floyd Jackson | Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor |
| Edith James | Self - Defense Attorney |
| Dennis Johnson | Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor |
| Dennis White | Self - Defense Attorney |
| Don Metcalfe | Self - The Judge |
| Emily Miller | Self - Surprise Eyewitness |
| R.L. Miller | Self - Surprise Eyewitness |
| Elba Carr | Self - Employee at Fas-Gas |
| Michael Randell | Self - Third Surprise Eyewitness |
| Melvyn Carson Bruder | Self - Appellate Attorney |
| Ron Adams | Self - Randall Adams' Brother (archive footage) |
| John Dillinger | Self - Gangster (archive footage) |
| James Grigson | Self - Texas Forensic Psychiatrist Prosecution (archive footage) |
| Mark Mays | Self - Murder Victim (archive footage) |
| Douglas Mulder | Self - Dallas Prosecutor (archive footage) |
| Anna Sage | Self - Informant in John Dillinger Case (archive footage) |
| Teresa Turko | Self - Dallas Police Officer (archive footage) |
| Henry M. Wade | Self - Texas District Attorney (archive footage) |
| Robert Wood | Self - Murdered Dallas Police Officer (archive footage) |
| Amanda Caprio | Popcorn Lady at Drive-In - Re-Enactments |
| Michael Cirilla | 2nd Interrogation Officer Jackie Johnson - Re-Enactments |
| Adam Goldfine | Randall Adams - Re-Enactments |
| Derek Horton | David Harris - Re-Enactments |
| Errol Morris | Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Marianne Leone Cooper | Officer Teresa A. Turko - Re-Enactments |
| Michael Nicoll | Interrogation Officer Gus Rose - Re-Enactments |
| Phyllis Rodgers | Police Stenographer - Re-Enactments |
| Ron Thornhill | Officer Robert W. Wood - Re-Enactments |
Crew
| Errol Morris | Director |
| Jack Leahy | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Samuel Lehmer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark Lipson | Producer |
| Brad Fuller | Sound |
| Robert Chappell | Director of Photography |
| Stefan Czapsky | Director of Photography |
| Errol Morris | Writer |
| Philip Glass | Music |
| Theo Mayes | Key Makeup Artist |
| Theo Mayes | Key Hair Stylist |
| Jaime Kibben | Dialogue Editor |
| Van Allen James | Dialogue Editor |
| Paul Barnes | Editor |
| Jeff Kliment | Sound Effects Editor |
| Matt Vogel | Special Effects |
| Samuel Lehmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ted Bafaloukos | Title Designer |
| John Geisler | Gaffer |
| Shelley Houis | Production Manager |
| Lindsay Law | Executive Producer |
| Ted Bafaloukos | Production Design |
| Steven Stoke | Unit Manager |
| Lester Cohen | Art Direction |
| Newton Thomas Sigel | Additional Director of Photography |
| Brad Fuller | Associate Producer |