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  1. A 1981 drama thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman and Sally Field. It explores the themes of journalism, libel, corruption and romance in a story of a liquor wholesaler falsely accused of murder.

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  3. 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.

    • (15K)
    • Drama, Romance, Thriller
    • Sydney Pollack
    • 1981-12-18
  4. Roger Ebert praises the performances of Sally Field and Paul Newman in this film about a reporter and a liquor distributor, but criticizes its factual and ethical problems. He suggests that the movie is more about a woman's spunk and a man's revenge than about journalism.

  5. Absence of Malice. List. 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...

    • (27)
    • Sydney Pollack
    • PG
    • Paul Newman
  6. 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.

  7. Watch Paul Newman in an Oscar®-nominated role as a man falsely accused by the press in this 1981 drama. Available to rent or buy in HD on Amazon Prime Video.

  8. Jul 28, 2003 · Absence Of Malice (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Off The Record Miami reporter Megan (Sally Field), with editor McAdam (Josef Sommer), decides to visit scheming Federal union-corruption task force lawyer Rosen (Bob Balaban), early in Sydney Pollack's Absence Of Malice, 1981.

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