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The Onion Field
The Onion Field
6.4
/10
115 Ratings

THE ONION FIELD

Directed by Harold Becker
United States, 1979
Crime, Drama

Synopsis

Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy 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 reluctantly goes along with Powell’s scheme.

Synopsis

Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy 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 reluctantly goes along with Powell’s scheme.