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Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilford Brimley, Melinda Dillon and Bob Balaban.
Dec 18, 1981 · With Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon. When prosecutor Elliot Rosen leaks to naive but well-meaning Miami reporter Megan Carter that liquor wholesaler Mike Gallagher is suspected in the murder of local longshoreman union president Joey Diaz, Gallagher's life begins to unravel.
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer.
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The first approach, no doubt, would be to criticize this film's portrait of an investigative newspaper reporter -- to say that no respectable journalist would ever do the things that Sally Field does about, to, and with Paul Newman in this movie.
Megan Carter, the reporter, is in the clear under the Absence of Malice rule in slander and libel cases. Knowing nothing to trade to the prosecutors, Gallagher must regain control of his life on different ground.
Absence Of Malice. When reporter Megan gets a tip from the local DA office, she prints a story implicating a warehouse owner in the disappearance of a union head. Desperate to prove his innocence, the business owner confronts Megan and they team up in pursuit of the truth. 1,937 IMDb 6.9 1 h 56 min 1981. X-Ray PG.
ABSENCE OF MALICE. Drama. In America, can a man be guilty until proven innocent? Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... and everything they said was accurate but not true.
