The Onion Field
What happened in the onion field is true. But the real crime is what happened after.
Director Harold Becker
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.
Trailer
Cast
Peter Miller
Oscar
Raymond Guth
Prison Guard #2
Tony Becker
Boy Piper
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Gamblin' Man
John Savage
Karl Hettinger
Franklyn Seales
Jimmy Smith
Christopher Lloyd
Jailhouse Lawyer
Lee Weaver
Billy
Allen Williams
Poker Playing Cop
Ted Danson
Ian Campbell
Ronny Cox
Pierce Brooks
Dianne Hull
Helen Hettinger (as Diane Hull)
Priscilla Pointer
Chrissie Campbell
Wendell Wright
LAPD Sergeant
Don Starr
Judge #1
John de Lancie
LAPD Lieutenant
Le Tari
Emmanuel McFadden
Pat Corley
Jimmy's Lawyer #2
Burke Byrnes
CHP Officer Odom
Raleigh Bond
Judge #2
William Sanderson
Young Con
Bill Morey
Lawyer
Sandy Ward
Pawnbroker
René Le Vant
Drag Queen
Richard Herd
Beat Cop
Bradford English
Red Haired Cop
James Woods
Gregory Powell
David Huffman
District Attorney Phil Halpin
Richard Venture
Glenn Bates
K Callan
Mrs. Powell
Jack Rader
IAD Captain
Michael Pataki
District Attorney Dino Fulgoni
Steve Conte
Prison Guard #1
Beege Barkette
Greg's Woman
Sandy McPeak
Mr. Powell
Lillian Randolph
Nana
Stanley Grover
Greg's Lawyer #2
Charles Cyphers
Chaplain