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.
Randall Adams
David Harris
Gus Rose
Jackie Johnson
Marshall Touchton
Dale Holt
Sam Kittrell
Hootie Nelson
Dennis Johnson
Floyd Jackson
Edith James
Dennis White
Don Metcalfe
Emily Miller
R.L. Miller
Elba Carr
Michael Randell
Melvyn Carson Bruder
Ron Adams
John Dillinger
James Grigson
Mark Mays
Douglas Mulder
Anna Sage
Teresa Turko
Henry M. Wade
Robert Wood
Errol Morris
Amanda Caprio
Michael Cirilla
Adam Goldfine
Derek Horton
Marianne Leone Cooper
Michael Nicoll
Phyllis Rodgers
Ron Thornhill