The Onion Field

Name: The Onion Field
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1979-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6

About The Onion Field

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.

The Onion Field is a 1979 crime film directed by Harold Becker. Its themes are in the closet, capital punishment, police officer killed, and cop-killer.

John Savage appears as Karl Hettinger, James Woods as Gregory Powell, Franklyn Seales as Jimmy Smith, and Ted Danson as Ian Campbell. At 122 minutes long, it arrived in September 1979.

The screenplay is by Joseph Wambaugh. It is adapted from real events. In the United States it streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel.

Behind the Candelabra, Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman, and Dance with a Stranger make useful companions to The Onion Field. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 124 votes and it carries a R rating.