The Onion Field (1979)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Karl Hettinger

      John Savage

    • Gregory Powell

      James Woods

    • Jimmy Smith

      Franklyn Seales

    • Ian Campbell

      Ted Danson

    • Sgt. Pierce Brooks

      Ronny Cox

    • District Attorney Phillip Halpin

      David Huffman

    • Jailhouse Lawyer

      Christopher Lloyd

    • Helen Hettinger

      Dianne Hull

    • Chrissie Campbell

      Priscilla Pointer

    • Greg's Woman

      Beege Barkett

    • Beat Cop

      Richard Herd

    • Emmanuel McFadden

      Le Tari

    • Glenn Bates

      Richard Venture

    • Billy

      Lee Weaver

    • District Attorney Marshall Schulman

      Phillip R. Allen

    • Jimmy's 2nd Lawyer

      Pat Corley

    • Mrs. Powell

      K. Callan

    • Mr. Powell

      Sandy McPeak

    • Nana

      Lillian Randolph

    • LAPD Captain

      Ned Wilson

    • IAD Captain

      Jack Rader

    • 2nd Judge

      Raleigh Bond

    • Red-haired cop

      Brad English

    • Powell's 2nd Lawyer

      Stanley Grover

    • District Attorney Dino Fulgoni

      Michael Pataki

    • 1st Prison Guard

      Steve Conte

    • CHP Officer Odom

      Burke Byrnes

    • Young Man

      Vincent Caristi

    • Liquor Store Owner

      William Dial

    • 2nd Prison Guard

      Raymond Guth

    • Sheriff's Jailer

      Ernest Valenzuela

    • 1st Judge

      Don Starr

    • Pawnbroker

      Sandy Ward

    • 3rd Judge

      Kenneth G. Patterson

    • Oscar

      Peter Miller

    • Young Con

      Sanderson, William J.

    • Jimmy's 3rd Lawyer

      Richard Seff

    • Bakersfield Detective

      Robert Lee Jarvis

    • Poker-playing Cop

      Allen Williams

    • CHP Officer Crist

      Greene, Jon K.

    • Court Reporter

      Dolores Sandoz

    • 1st Lawyer

      Bill Morey

    • 2nd LAPD Lieutenant

      De Lancie, John

    • LAPD Sergeant

      Wendell Wright

    • Bailiff

      Richard Kalk

    • Gunrail Guard

      Ray Camacho

    • Adah Campbell

      Maggie Sullivan

    • Drag Queen

      Rene Levant

    • Chaplain

      Charles Cyphers

    • Boy Piper

      Tony Becker

    • Clerk

      Tony Di Milo

    • "Gamblin' Man"

      Jessie Lawrence Ferguson

    • Death-row Convict

      Nick Romero

    • Hettinger's Daughter

      Cindy Collins

• Credits

  • Unknown:

    • Director

      Harold Becker

    • Production Company

      Black Marble Productions

    • Producer

      Walter Coblenz

    • Production Manager

      Robert S. Mendelsohn

    • Production Supervisor

      Herman David

    • Production Assistant

      Judy Godwin

    • Production Assistant

      Alex Hitz

    • Assistant Director

      Tom Mack

    • Assistant Director

      Scott Easton

    • Screenplay and original novel

      Joseph Wambaugh

    • Photography

      Charles Rosher

    • Camera Operator

      Elliot Davis

    • Assistant camera operator

      Louis Niemeyer

    • Assistant camera operator

      Jay Kaplan

    • Special Effects

      Phil Cory

    • Editor

      John W. Wheeler

    • Production Designer

      Brian Eatwell

    • Set Designer

      Joe Hubbard

    • Set Decorator

      Richard Goddard

    • Costumes

      Ken Harvey

    • Costumes

      Ed Fincher

    • Make-up

      Bob Mills

    • Titles and opticals

      Pacific Title

    • Music

      Eumir Deodato

    • Sound Recording

      Jim Webb

    • Sound Re-recording

      Jim Webb

    • Sound Re-recording

      Robert L. Harman

    • Sound Re-recording

      Bud Grenzbach

    • Sound Editor

      Keith Stafford

    • Adviser (courtroom)

      Phillip Halpin

    • Adviser (courtroom)

      Dino Fulgoni

    • Adviser (police procedure)

      Richard Kalk

    • Colour timer

      Jack Garsha