Um agente da polícia de La foi assassinado nos campos de cebola saindo de Bakersfield. No entanto, lacunas legais podem impedir os raptores de receberem justiça, e o seu parceiro é assombrad... Ler tudoUm agente da polícia de La foi assassinado nos campos de cebola saindo de Bakersfield. No entanto, lacunas legais podem impedir os raptores de receberem justiça, e o seu parceiro é assombrado pela esmagadora culpa de sobreviventes.Um agente da polícia de La foi assassinado nos campos de cebola saindo de Bakersfield. No entanto, lacunas legais podem impedir os raptores de receberem justiça, e o seu parceiro é assombrado pela esmagadora culpa de sobreviventes.
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Artistas
- Prêmios
- 1 vitória e 3 indicações no total
- Helen Hettinger
- (as Diane Hull)
- Greg's Woman
- (as 'Beege Barkett')
Avaliações em destaque
This gripping first half, however, gives way to a more pedestrian-- though well-meaning-- second half that could use faster pacing and narrower focus. For example, what's the point of showing us Hettinger placing plants in his pick-up and then driving off. The scene consumes about 30 seconds of pointless screen time since we already know that gardening is returning him to mental health. At the same time, the screenplay pursues a number of diverse threads that tend to divide audience interest instead of concentrating it.
The film is ex-cop Wambaugh's personal project, and it's clear he uses the case to illustrate certain aspects of the criminal justice system. Not surprisingly, the appeals process comes in for special scorn. Shrewd cop-killer Powell is able to manipulate both court proceedings and the appeals process in seemingly endless fashion for his own advantage. Wambaugh is also in sympathy with the unlucky Hettinger who's been scapegoated for his partner's death. That scene where the beat cop exposes the unreality of a departmental rule is a little gem and also, I suspect, Wambaugh speaking through the actor.
Anyway, that first half amounts to a minor masterpiece of criminal derangement brought to life by Woods' unforgettable performance.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesFranklyn Seales' screaming during the murder was unscripted.
- Erros de gravaçãoWhen Karl Hettinger is talking into the patrol car microphone, the microphone is turned around and he is actually talking into the back of it.
- Citações
Det. Sgt. Pierce R. Brooks: Has your conscience ever bothered you? Like feeling - guilty?
Jimmy Smith: Mr. Brooks... I believe... I think that is something that rich white guys dreamed up to keep guys like me down. I honestly don't believe there is such a thing... such a feeling. Guilty? That's just something the Man says in court when your luck runs out.
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Detalhes
- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idioma
- Também conhecido como
- The Onion Field
- Locações de filme
- Carlos Avenue & N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA(actual site of the officers' abduction)
- Empresa de produção
- Consulte mais créditos da empresa na IMDbPro
Bilheteria
- Orçamento
- US$ 2.000.000 (estimativa)
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 9.890.597
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 9.890.597