The Onion Field

Genre: crime drama

Year Published: 1979

Creator: Harold Becker

Credits: Cast: James Woods, John Savage, Ted Danson

Description: LAPD 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, where Campbell is shot and killed. Hetter narrowly escapes as a cloud passes in front of the moon, plunging the onion field into darkness. Hetterer's eyewitness account leads to the arrest of the two men, who are tried and convicted of first-degree murder.

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