The Onion Field screenplay – Scripts on Screen https://scripts-onscreen.com Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:03:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://scripts-onscreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-cropped-sos-logo-truesqr-32x32.png The Onion Field screenplay – Scripts on Screen https://scripts-onscreen.com 32 32 154728564 The Onion Field Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-onion-field-script-links/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 08:53:01 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-onion-field-script-links/
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Year:1979
Director:Harold Becker
Written by:Joseph Wambaugh (Novel), Joseph Wambaugh (Screenplay), Eric Roth (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy scheme. They drive out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, where one cop is killed and the other escapes. The film explores the consequences.
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