The Onion Field (1979)

September 9, 1979 (US) • Crime, Drama • 122m

Overview

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.

Director

Harold Becker

Writers

Joseph Wambaugh, Joseph Wambaugh

Top Billed

John Savage

Keywords

cop-killer based on true story police officer killed capital punishment in the closet

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Top Billed Cast

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 (as Diane Hull)

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

Crew

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

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The Onion Field (1979)

Joseph Wambaugh, Joseph Wambaugh

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