The Onion Field

Hollywood, Saturday, March 9th, 1963: Los Angeles Police Department detectives Karl Hettinger (Savage) and Ian Campbell (Danson) are kidnapped by criminals Greg Powell (Woods) and Jimmy "Youngblood" Smith (Seales). They are driven to an onion field near Bakersfield, California, where Campbell is shot and killed before Hettinger narrowly escapes as a cloud passes in front of the moon, plunging the onion field into darkness.

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 20975
Status Released
Released Worldwide September 9, 1979
Runtime 122 minutes
Genres Crime Drama
Original Country United States of America
Original Language English
Spoken Languages English
Production Company AVCO Embassy Pictures Black Marble Productions
Production Countries United States of America
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Box Office Worldwide $9,890,597
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James Woods
as Gregory Ulas Powell
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Franklyn Seales
as Jimmy Lee 'Youngblood' Smith
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Ronny Cox
as Det. Sgt. Pierce R. Brooks
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David Huffman
as Dist. Atty. Phil Halpin
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Dianne Hull
as Helen Hettinger (as Diane Hull)
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Beege Barkette
as Greg's woman (as Beege Barkett)
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Le Tari
as Emmanuel McFadden
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Richard Venture
as Det. Glenn Bates
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Lee Weaver
as Billy
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Sandy McPeak
as Mr. Powell
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Lillian Randolph
as Nana, Jimmy's grandmother
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Ned Wilson
as LAPD Captain
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John Savage
as Det. Karl Francis Hettinger
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Ted Danson
as Det. Ian James Campbell
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Christopher Lloyd
as Jailhouse lawyer
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Priscilla Pointer
as Chrissie Campbell
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Richard Herd
as Beat Cop
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Pat Corley
as Jimmy's Lawyer #2
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K Callan
as Mrs. Powell
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William Sanderson
as Young Con
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Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh
Eric Roth

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Harold Becker

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