What happened in the onion field is true. But the real crime is what happened after.
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.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- John SavageKarl Hettinger
- James WoodsGregory Powell
- Franklyn SealesJimmy Smith
- Ted DansonIan Campbell
- Ronny CoxPierce Brooks
- David HuffmanDistrict Attorney Phil Halpin
- Christopher LloydJailhouse Lawyer
- Dianne HullHelen Hettinger (as Diane Hull)
- Priscilla PointerChrissie Campbell
- Beege BarketteGreg's Woman
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- Harold BeckerDirector
- Joseph WambaughScreenplay
- Joseph WambaughNovel
- Charles Rosher Jr.Director of Photography
- Eumir DeodatoOriginal Music Composer
- John W. WheelerEditor
- Walter CoblenzProducer
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