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   The Onion Field

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   R1979 · Crime drama · 2h 2m

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     John Savage

     Det. Karl Francis Hettinger
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     James Woods

     Gregory Ulas Powell
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     Franklyn Seales

     Jimmy Lee "Youngblood" Smith
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     Ted Danson

     Det. Ian James Campbell
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     Ronny Cox

     Det. Sgt. Pierce R. Brooks
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   The Onion Field is a 1979 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Harold Becker and written by Joseph Wambaugh, based on his 1973 true crime book of the same name. The film stars John Savage, James Woods and Franklyn Seales, as well as Ted Danson in his film debut.

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5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0079668The Onion Field (1979) - IMDb

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   Feb 28, 1980 · With John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson. 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.

   • 6.8/10 (5.8K)
   • Genre: Crime, Drama

   • Director: Harold Becker
   • Release Date: 1980-02-28

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   Apr 8, 2010 · Subverting the usual Hollywood heroics in which tough supercops stoically nail the bad guys, The Onion Field is mostly about the cops getting nailed -- one by a psychopath with a gun, the other by post-traumatic stress syndrome compounded by survivor's guilt.

   • Director: Harold Becker

   • Actors: John Savage

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   The Onion Field. Charismatic psychopath Greg Powell (James Woods) teams up with Jimmy Youngblood (Franklyn Seales), a petty thief. Driving in Los Angeles in 1963, they are pulled over by...

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   • Director: Harold Becker

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: John Savage

8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0079668The Onion Field (1979) - Plot - IMDb

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   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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   Is the Onion Field based on a true story?

   • The Onion Field is a 1979 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Harold Becker and written by Joseph Wambaugh, based on his 1973 true crime book of the same name. The film stars John Savage, James Woods and Franklyn Seales, as well as Ted Danson in his film debut.

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   Is the Onion Field a good movie?

   • The Onion Field is intriguing, absorbing, powerful, well acted and riveting from beginning to end. On March 9, 1963, LAPD officers Karl Hettinger (Savage) and Ian Campbell (Ted Danson, TV's Cheers) pull over a vehicle for making an illegal U-turn and find themselves held at gunpoint by two seasoned armed robbers.

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   Who wrote The Onion Field?

   • One credit that jumped out at me was The Onion Field (1979) which was not a huge movie, but WAS written by Joseph Wambaugh, who I consider to be the Godfather of the Modern Police genre. If you are not familiar with this work... look him up.

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   What is the plot of the Onion Field?

   • THE ONION FIELD is where one cop's personal nightmare begins and continues because of legal system formalities. Reliving the crime in testimony over and over inevitably causes psychological trauma for Officer Hettinger (John Savage). James Woods sent his career in motion with his performance of a career criminal.

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    The Onion Field (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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    A pair of ex-cons kidnap two policemen one night after being pulled over by them, and things soon take a tragic turn. 485 IMDb 6.8 2 h 1 min 1979. R. Action · Horror · Drama.