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The Onion Field is a american film of genre Drama directed by Harold Becker released in USA on 9 september 1979 with John Savage
The Onion Field (1979)
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Add to a movie listThe Onion Field is a 1979 American crime drama film directed by Harold Becker, written by Joseph Wambaugh that is based on his 1973 true crime novel of the same title. The film stars John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales and Ted Danson in his film debut.
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The film focuses on an actual 1963 event in which Los Angeles Police Department detectives Karl Hettinger and Ian Campbell were kidnapped by criminals Greg Powell and Jimmy Smith (aka "Jimmy Youngblood") in Hollywood and driven to an onion field near Bakersfield, where Campbell was shot and killed and Hettinger managed to escape.Actors
John Savage
(Karl Hettinger)
James Woods
(Gregory Powell)
Franklyn Seales
(Jimmy Smith)
Ted Danson
(Ian Campbell)
Ronny Cox
(Pierce Brooks)
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