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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. The title refers to one of the defenses against libel defamation.
Dec 18, 1981 · Absence of Malice. 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.
There’s a story about a legendary Chicago editor who was presented with a major scoop obtained by dubious means. First he convinced himself the story was factually sound. Then he issued the classic instruction: “Print it tonight, and call the lawyers in the morning.” Now there’s an editor who might have enjoyed “Absence of Malice.”
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his supposed crime was...
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Michael Colin Gallagher is the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a simple liquor warehouse owner. Frustrated in his attempt to solve a murder of a union head, a prosecutor leaks a false story that Gallagher is a target of the investigation, hoping that he will tell them something for protection.
Absence of Malice: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon. When a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.
Absence Of Malice. OSCARS® 3X nominee. 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.
Absence of Malice is a legal drama directed by Sydney Pollack, featuring Sally Field as an ambitious journalist and Paul Newman as a businessman under FBI investigation. The film explores themes of ethics in journalism and the responsibilities of the media. Tension escalates as the characters navigate their moral dilemmas within the boundaries of law and justice.
Absence Of Malice is a well-acted, smoothly paced melodrama that suffers from an illogical premise. Full Review | Oct 22, 2018. Richard Schickel TIME Magazine. Absence of Malice...
Directed by Sydney Pollack • 1981 • United States. Starring Sally Field, Paul Newman, Bob Balaban. 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.
