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Film · 1979
The Onion Field
2h 2mRDirected by Harold Becker
- Crime
- Drama
What happened in the onion field is true. But the real crime is what happened after.
An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.
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Cast
John SavageKarl Hettinger
James WoodsGregory Powell
Franklyn SealesJimmy Smith
Ted DansonIan Campbell
Ronny CoxPierce Brooks
David HuffmanDistrict Attorney Phil Halpin
Christopher LloydJailhouse Lawyer
Dianne HullHelen Hettinger (as Diane Hull)
Priscilla PointerChrissie Campbell
Beege BarketteGreg's Woman
Richard HerdBeat Cop
Le TariEmmanuel McFadden
Details
- Director
- Harold Becker
- Writer
- Joseph Wambaugh
- Novel
- Joseph Wambaugh
- Music
- Eumir Deodato
- Cinematography
- Charles Rosher Jr.
- Editor
- John W. Wheeler
- Producer
- Walter Coblenz
- Release
- September 9, 1979
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Rated
- R
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Black Marble Productions, AVCO Embassy Pictures
- TMDB score
- 6.0 / 10 from 124 votes
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