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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.
- Melinda Dillon
Melinda Ruth Dillon (October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023) was...
- Josef Sommer
Early life. He was born in Greifswald, Germany, and raised...
- Melinda Dillon
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.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Sydney Pollack
- 1981-12-18
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 is a 1981 American neo-noir drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Paul Newman and Sally Field. The life of Miami liquor distributor Michael Gallagher (Newman) unravels after a newspaper story falsely implicating him in a murder is written by reporter Megan Carter (Field), who has read it from a file left ...
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 committed but it involves an innocent...
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- Sydney Pollack
- PG
- Paul Newman
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 crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party.
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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 crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job ...