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The Onion Field

What happened in the onion field is true. But the real crime is what happened after.

Rating 6.0 / 10Release September 9, 1979Runtime 122 min

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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