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The Onion Field

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The Onion Field
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R,2hrs 6min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1979
Director:
Harold Becker
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
John Savage, James Woods, Ted Danson  ...more
Synopsis: Joseph Wambaugh's The Onion Field is based on an actual 1963 case. L.A. plainclothesmen Karl Hattinger (John Savage) and Ian Campbell (Ted Danson) routinely investigate a pair of suspicious types, Greg Powell (James Woods) and Jimmy Smith (Franklin Seales). Unexpectedly, Powell pulls a gun on the cops, then forces them into a deserted onion field, where he kills Campbell in cold blood. Hattinger manages to escape, and through his eyewitness account, Powell and Smith are arrested. But that is not ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
Harold Becker's account of an actual police case that occurred in 1963 features an unforgettably graphic first act that the rest of the film can't quite sustain, yet it remains an absorbing study of the psychological costs of police work. Prolific author and ex-cop Joseph Wambaugh has probably done more than anyone in any media to give the public a real sense of the life of the average police officer. ... Full Review
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John Savage
Karl Hattinger
James Woods
Greg Powell
Ted Danson
Ian Campbell
Ronny Cox
Pierce Brooks
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