The Onion Field
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.
The Onion Field
September 9, 1979
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Cast (51)
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
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 (48)
Directing
Harold Becker
Director
Hannah Scheel
Script Supervisor
D. Scott Easton
Second Assistant Director
Thomas J. Mack
Assistant Director
Writing
Joseph Wambaugh
Novel
Joseph Wambaugh
Screenplay
Production
Nancy Klopper
Casting Associate
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Walter Coblenz
Producer
Toni Howard
Casting Associate
Robert S. Mendelsohn
Production Manager
Herman David
Production Supervisor
Sound
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eumir Deodato
Original Music Composer
Robert L. Harman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Clark King
Boom Operator
Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nicholas C. Washington
Music Editor
Keith Stafford
Sound Editor
James E. Webb
Sound Mixer
Art
Brian Eatwell
Production Design
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration
Gordon Gair
Leadman
Joseph E. Hubbard
Set Designer
Barry Bedig
Property Master
Gene Anderson
Assistant Property Master
Robert Krume
Construction Coordinator
John Bonino
Construction Foreman
Camera
Elliot Davis
Camera Operator
Ronald Batzdorff
Still Photographer
Louis Niemeyer
First Assistant Camera
Jay Kaplan
Second Assistant Camera
Robert Bennett
Dolly Grip
Jacque E. Wallace
Best Boy Grip
Harry Rez
Key Grip
Charles Rosher Jr.
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
Editing
Lighting
Joe Garcia
Best Boy Electric
Tim Evans
Gaffer