American Playhouse · SEASON 8
The Thin Blue Line
Episode 15 · 1989-05-24
- Drama
- Comedy
Episode overview
One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road outside Dallas, Randall Dale Adams accepts a ride from teenager David Harris. Harris is driving a stolen vehicle and, later that night, when Dallas police officer Robert Wood pulls the car over to check its headlights, he is shot and killed. A jury believes Adams is the killer, but stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.
103 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. A Raisin in the Sun1989-02-01
2. Ask Me Again1989-02-08
3. Stacking1989-02-15
4. My American Cousin1989-02-22
5. Love and Other Sorrows1989-03-01
6. Stand and Deliver1989-03-15
7. The Silence at Bethany1989-03-22
8. The Lawrenceville Stories, Part 3: The Beginning of the Firm1989-04-05
9. Life Under Water1989-04-12
10. A Great Wall1989-04-15
11. The Diaries of Adam and Eve1989-04-26
12. The Meeting1989-05-03
13. A Walk in the Woods1989-05-10
14. Big Time1989-05-17
15. The Thin Blue Line1989-05-24
16. Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss1989-05-31
17. Imagining America1989-06-07
18. Belizaire the Cajun1989-06-14
19. Rachel River1989-06-21
20. Thousand Pieces of Gold1989-11-30
