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Dec 18, 1981 · A liquor wholesaler is falsely accused of a murder by a journalist and the FBI, and faces a tough battle to clear his name. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-nominated film directed by Sydney Pollack.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Sydney Pollack
- 1981-12-18
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. The title refers to one of the defenses against libel defamation , and is used in journalism classes to illustrate the conflict between disclosing damaging personal ...
Roger Ebert praises the performances of Sally Field and Paul Newman in this thriller about a reporter and a liquor distributor, but criticizes the film's factual and ethical problems. He suggests two ways to approach the movie: as a social critique or as a romantic drama.
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. Mike Gallagher is a Miami liquor wholesaler whose deceased father was a local mobster.
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 PG Released Dec 18, 1982 1h 56m Drama List 81% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 63% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael ...
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Jul 28, 2003 · Absence Of Malice (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Dealing With Girilfriends Catholic school secretary Teresa (Melinda Dillon) meets reporter Megan (Sally Field), hoping to alibi her murder suspect friend (Paul Newman, not seen), revealing her secret almost an hour into the film, in Sydney Pollack's Absence Of Malice, 1981.
