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The Onion Field

1979 · Harold Becker · 122 min

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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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6/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database124 votesTMDB
John SavageKarl HettingerJames WoodsGregory PowellFranklyn SealesJimmy SmithTed DansonIan CampbellRonny CoxPierce BrooksDavid HuffmanDistrict Attorney Phil HalpinChristopher LloydJailhouse LawyerDianne HullHelen Hettinger (as Diane Hull)Priscilla PointerChrissie CampbellBeege BarketteGreg's WomanRichard HerdBeat CopLe TariEmmanuel McFaddenRichard VentureGlenn BatesLee WeaverBillyPat CorleyJimmy's Lawyer #2

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John SavageKarl HettingerJames WoodsGregory PowellFranklyn SealesJimmy SmithTed DansonIan CampbellRonny CoxPierce BrooksDavid HuffmanDistrict Attorney Phil HalpinChristopher LloydJailhouse LawyerDianne HullHelen Hettinger (as Diane Hull)Priscilla PointerChrissie CampbellBeege BarketteGreg's WomanRichard HerdBeat CopLe TariEmmanuel McFaddenRichard VentureGlenn BatesLee WeaverBillyPat CorleyJimmy's Lawyer #2

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