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The Onion Field
Synopsis
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy scheme. They drive out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, where one cop is killed and the other escapes. The film explores the consequences.
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Harold Becker,
  • Writer:
    Eric Roth, Joseph Wambaugh,
  • Producer:
    Walter Coblenz,
  • Cinematographer:
    Charles Rosher Jr.,
  • Editor:
    John W. Wheeler,
  • Cast:
    James Woods, Ronny Cox, Franklyn Seales, John Savage, Ted Danson,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Florence Williamson,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    D. Scott Easton,
  • Camera Operator:
    Elliot Davis,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Hannah Scheel,
  • Boom Operator:
    Clark King,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Robert Krume,
  • Construction Foreman:
    John Bonino,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Louis Niemeyer,
  • Property Master:
    Barry Bedig,
  • Sound Editor:
    Keith Stafford,
  • Key Grip:
    Harry Rez,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Jim Cook, Charles Grenzbach, Robert L. Harman,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Eumir Deodato,
  • Screenplay:
    Joseph Wambaugh, Eric Roth,
  • Color Timer:
    Jack Garsha,
  • Best Boy Electric:
    Joe Garcia,
  • Gaffer:
    Tim Evans,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Gene Anderson,
  • Production Manager:
    Robert S. Mendelsohn,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Fritz Braden,
  • Sound Mixer:
    James E. Webb,
  • Music Editor:
    Nicholas C. Washington,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Robert Bennett,
  • Assistant Director:
    Thomas J. Mack,
  • Production Design:
    Brian Eatwell,
  • Still Photographer:
    Ronald Batzdorff,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Bob Mills,
  • Costumer:
    Ken Harvey, Ed Fincher,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Jay Kaplan,
  • Hairstylist:
    Edie Panda,
  • Leadman:
    Gordon Gair,
  • Novel:
    Joseph Wambaugh,
  • Set Designer:
    Joseph E. Hubbard,
  • Casting:
    Lynn Stalmaster,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Jacque E. Wallace,
  • Special Effects:
    Phil Cory,
  • Production Supervisor:
    Herman David,
  • Set Decoration:
    Richard C. Goddard,
  • Casting Associate:
    Toni Howard, Nancy Klopper,

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