
The Onion Field (1979)
6.0|9 Sept, 1979|122 min
What happened in the onion field is true. But the real crime is what happened after.
6.0|9 Sept, 1979|122 min
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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.
Keywords
cop-killer
based on true story
police officer killed
capital punishment
in the closet
Casts

John Savage
Karl Hettinger

James Woods
Gregory Powell

Franklyn Seales
Jimmy Smith

Ted Danson
Ian Campbell

Ronny Cox
Pierce Brooks

David Huffman
District Attorney Phil Halpin

Christopher Lloyd
Jailhouse Lawyer

Dianne Hull
Helen Hettinger

Priscilla Pointer
Chrissie Campbell

Beege Barkette
Greg's Woman

Richard Herd
Beat Cop

Le Tari
Emmanuel McFadden

Richard Venture
Glenn Bates

Lee Weaver
Billy

Pat Corley
Jimmy's Lawyer #2

K Callan
Mrs. Powell

Sandy McPeak
Mr. Powell

Lillian Randolph
Nana
Ned Wilson
LAPD Captain

Jack Rader
IAD Captain

Bradford English
Red Haired Cop

Wendell Wright
LAPD Sergeant

Stanley Grover
Greg's Lawyer #2

Michael Pataki
District Attorney Dino Fulgoni

Steve Conte
Prison Guard #1

Burke Byrnes
CHP Officer Odom
Vincent Caristi
Young Man

Don Starr
Judge #1
William Dial
Liquor Store Owner

Raymond Guth
Prison Guard #2

Raleigh Bond
Judge #2

Sandy Ward
Pawnbroker

William Sanderson
Young Con

Charles Cyphers
Chaplain

Peter Miller
Oscar
Richard Seff
Jimmy's Lawyer
Robert Lee Jarvis
Bakerfield Detective

Allen Williams
Poker Playing Cop
Jon K. Greene
CHP Officer Chris
Dolores Sandoz
Court Reporter

Bill Morey
Lawyer

John de Lancie
LAPD Lieutenant
Richard E. Kalk
Bailiff
Ray Camacho
Gunrail Guard
Maggie Sullivan
Adah Campbell

René Le Vant
Drag Queen

Tony Becker
Boy Piper
Tony Di Milo
Clerk

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Gamblin' Man
Nick Romero
Death Row Convict
Cindy Collins
Dawn Hettinger
Crews

Harold Becker
Director
Joseph Wambaugh
Novel
Joseph Wambaugh
Screenplay
Walter Coblenz
Producer

Eumir Deodato
Original Music Composer
John W. Wheeler
Editor

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Brian Eatwell
Production Design
Charles Rosher Jr.
Director of Photography
Jan Tucker
Craft Service
Robert S. Mendelsohn
Production Manager
Thomas J. Mack
Assistant Director
D. Scott Easton
Second Assistant Director
Keith Stafford
Sound Editor
Florence Williamson
Assistant Editor
James E. Webb
Sound Mixer
Clark King
Boom Operator
Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert L. Harman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nicholas C. Washington
Music Editor
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration
Joseph E. Hubbard
Set Designer
Gordon Gair
Leadman

Elliot Davis
Camera Operator
Louis Niemeyer
First Assistant Camera
Jay Kaplan
Second Assistant Camera
Hannah Scheel
Script Supervisor
Tim Evans
Gaffer
Joe Garcia
Best Boy Electric
Barry Bedig
Property Master
Gene Anderson
Assistant Property Master
Bob Mills
Makeup Artist
Edie Panda
Hairstylist
Ken Harvey
Costumer
Ed Fincher
Costumer
Harry Rez
Key Grip
Jacque E. Wallace
Best Boy Grip
Robert Bennett
Dolly Grip
Phil Cory
Special Effects
Jack Garsha
Color Timer
Fritz Braden
Transportation Captain
Robert Krume
Construction Coordinator
John Bonino
Construction Foreman
Ronald Batzdorff
Still Photographer
Toni Howard
Casting Associate

Nancy Klopper
Casting Associate
Herman David
Production Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters




