The Onion Field
(1979)
★ 6 IMDb · 123 votes
Year: 1979
Runtime: 122 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Джон Саведж, Джеймс Вудс, Franklyn Seales, Тед Дэнсон, Ronny Cox, David Huffman, Кристофер Ллойд, Dianne Hull, Присцилла Пойнтер, Beege Barkette
Plot
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.
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.