THE ONION FIELD (WIDESCREEN) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: From a real-life American tragedy; this tale of thoughtless brutality; cold-blooded murder and hard-won justice is 'a prowling; gripping; disturbing movie' (Newsweek). Starring John Savage and James Woods and featuring a stunning attention to detail and an unflinching emotional honesty; The Onion Field is 'intriguing; absorbing; powerful; well-acted' (Film Journal) - and riveting from beginning to end. On March 9; 1963; LAPD officers Karl Hettinger (Savage) and Ian Campbell (Ted Danson) pull over a vehicle for making an illegal U-turn - and find themselves held at gunpoint by two seasoned armed robbers. Forced to give up their guns and drive to a deserted road; both officers face the horror of becoming victims in a mob-style execution...but only one is able to escape into the bleak darkness of an onion field.
• Cast: John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson, Ronny Cox, David Huffman, Christopher Lloyd, Dianne Hull, Priscilla Pointer, Beege Barkette, Richard Herd, Le Tari, Richard Venture, Lee Weaver, Pat Corley, K Callan, Sandy McPeak, Lillian Randolph, Ned Wilson, Jack Rader, Bradford English, Stanley Grover, Michael Pataki, Steve Conte, Burke Byrnes, Vincent Caristi, Don Starr, William Dial, Raymond Guth, Raleigh Bond, Sandy Ward, Kenneth Patterson, Peter Miller, William Sanderson, Richard Seff, Robert Lee Jarvis, Allen Williams, Jon K. Greene, Dolores Sandoz, Bill Morey, John de Lancie, Wendell Wright, Richard E. Kalk, Ray Camacho, Maggie Sullivan, René Le Vant, Charles Cyphers, Tony Becker, Tony Di Milo, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Nick Romero, Cindy Collins, Phillip R. Allen, Roger Carroll, Bruce T. Huntley, Rusty Meyers, Charles Siebert, Harold Becker, Joseph Wambaugh, Eric Roth
• Director: Harold Becker
• Runtime: 2:06
• Company: MGM / UA
• Media Format: Movie