The Onion Field
What happened in the onion field is true. But the real crime is what happened after.
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9/9/1979Runtime
122 minsOverview
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.
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A harrowing true-crime meditation on the aftermath of violence, where the legal system's failures compound the tragedy of a police officer's murder. The film is as much about the psychological destruction of the survivor as the crime itself.
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