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Onion Field (The)
- Director: Harold Becker
- Writer: Joseph Wambaugh
- Producer: Walter Coblenz
CGiii Comment
Homosexual panic!?!
Woods is good - and that's all that can be said about this erratic catastrophe.
The last 15 minutes must surely be the cheesiest in film history.
Bloody awful.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Gregory Ulas Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Lee "Youngblood" Smith, a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a pair of cops for broken brake lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops, and Smith, as always, reluctantly goes along with Powell's crazy scheme. The group drives out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, California, and one officer is shot while the other escapes. The remainder of the film explores the nature of the American justice system, as well as the devastating psychological effects of this event, and the trial on the surviving officer.
Cast & Characters
John Savage as Det. Karl Francis Hettinger;
James Woods as Gregory Ulas Powell;
Franklyn Seales as Jimmy Lee 'Youngblood' Smith;
Ted Danson as Det. Ian James Campbell;
Ronny Cox as Det. Sgt. Pierce R. Brooks;
David Huffman as Dist. Atty. Phil Halpin;
Christopher Lloyd as Jailhouse lawyer;
Dianne Hull as Helen Hettinger;
Priscilla Pointer as Chrissie Campbell;
Beege Barkette as Greg's woman;
Richard Herd as Beat Cop;
Le Tari as Emmanuel McFadden;
Richard Venture as Det. Glenn Bates;
Lee Weaver as Billy;
Pat Corley as Jimmy's Lawyer #2