The Onion Field

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crime drama film film

The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Joseph Wambaugh ⓘ
basedOn The Onion Field (book) ⓘ
basedOnEvent kidnapping and murder of LAPD officer Ian Campbell ⓘ
bookPublicationYear 1973 ⓘ
cinematographyBy Charles Rosher ⓘ
surface form: Charles Rosher Jr.
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Harold Becker ⓘ
distributor Embassy Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Avco Embassy Pictures
editedBy Richard Halsey ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
true crime film ⓘ
hasAdaptationRelationshipTo The Onion Field (book) ⓘ
hasSubject Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Eddie Money ⓘ
narrativeFocus legal aftermath of a police officer’s murder ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portraysRealEvent 1963 kidnapping of two LAPD officers ⓘ
murder of Ian Campbell in an onion field near Bakersfield ⓘ
portraysRealPerson Ian Campbell ⓘ
Karl Hettinger ⓘ
producer Joseph Wambaugh ⓘ
Philip D’Antoni ⓘ
publicationDate 1979-03-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 122 ⓘ
screenwriter Joseph Wambaugh ⓘ
setInLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
starring Christopher Lloyd ⓘ
Franklyn Seales ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
John Savage ⓘ
Ronny Cox ⓘ
Ted Danson ⓘ

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James Woods → notableWork → The Onion Field ⓘ
Ralf D. Bode → notableWork → The Onion Field ⓘ
John Savage → notableWork → The Onion Field ⓘ
Priscilla Pointer → notableWork → The Onion Field ⓘ