The Onion Field
What happened in the onion field is true. But the real crime is what happened after.
122 mins
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.
Ned Wilson
LAPD Captain
Vincent Caristi
Young Man
William Dial
Liquor Store Owner
Richard Seff
Jimmy's Lawyer
Robert Lee Jarvis
Bakerfield Detective
Jon K. Greene
CHP Officer Chris
Dolores Sandoz
Court Reporter
Richard E. Kalk
Bailiff
Ray Camacho
Gunrail Guard
Maggie Sullivan
Adah Campbell
Tony Di Milo
Clerk
Nick Romero
Death Row Convict
Cindy Collins
Dawn Hettinger
Joseph Wambaugh
Novel
Brian Eatwell
Production Design
Joseph Wambaugh
Screenplay
John W. Wheeler
Editor
Walter Coblenz
Producer
Charles Rosher Jr.
Director of Photography
Jan Tucker
Craft Service
D. Scott Easton
Second Assistant Director
Keith Stafford
Sound Editor
Thomas J. Mack
Assistant Director
Florence Williamson
Assistant Editor
Gene Anderson
Assistant Property Master
Edie Panda
Hairstylist
Robert L. Harman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Fritz Braden
Transportation Captain
Harry Rez
Key Grip
Nicholas C. Washington
Music Editor
Hannah Scheel
Script Supervisor
Barry Bedig
Property Master
Robert Bennett
Dolly Grip
Phil Cory
Special Effects
Joseph E. Hubbard
Set Designer
Jack Garsha
Color Timer
Tim Evans
Gaffer
Robert Krume
Construction Coordinator
Toni Howard
Casting Associate
Clark King
Boom Operator
Gordon Gair
Leadman
James E. Webb
Sound Mixer
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration
Jay Kaplan
Second Assistant Camera
Joe Garcia
Best Boy Electric
Ken Harvey
Costumer
Louis Niemeyer
First Assistant Camera
John Bonino
Construction Foreman
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jacque E. Wallace
Best Boy Grip
Robert S. Mendelsohn
Production Manager
Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bob Mills
Makeup Artist
Ed Fincher
Costumer
Herman David
Production Supervisor
Ronald Batzdorff
Still Photographer
