Where was The Onion Field filmed?
1979 film, directed by Harold Becker.
- California
The story is set in Los Angeles, about 226 miles (364 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Los Angeles
- Filmed in
- California
- Distance
- About 226 miles (364 km) between Los Angeles and the nearest filming location.
About The Onion Field
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- Released
- 1979
- Director
- Harold Becker
- Cast
- John SavageJames WoodsTed DansonRonny CoxPriscilla PointerFranklyn SealesDavid HuffmanChristopher LloydRichard HerdRichard Venture
- Genre
- CrimeDrama
The story
In 1963, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives Karl Hettinger and Ian Campbell are kidnapped by criminals Gregory Powell and Jimmy "Youngblood" Smith after pulling over the criminals for an illegal U-turn.
Hettinger's eyewitness account leads to the arrest of the two men, who are tried and convicted of first-degree murder.
Meanwhile, Hettinger's physical condition and emotional state slowly deteriorate as his failure to act more aggressively on the night of the incident is questioned by those in authority and his fellow officers.
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