“Absence of Malice”

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While investigating the death of a local union leader, an ambitious young reporter becomes involved in a dangerous triangle of love, deceit, and national espionage., A reporter publishes a story that implicates a businessman in the disappearance of a labor leader. When the business man confronts her, they go looking for the truth together, and begin an affair., Oscar-winning drama about a drinks wholesaler who faces ruin when an ambitious Miami reporter, acting on a tip-off from the FBI, files a spurious story linking him to the Mafia. The FBI assumes that, with a past family history of Mafia connections, he will be able give them a lead on the disappearance of a union boss. With no information to trade, however, he sets about exacting revenge on the hack and her paper., Oscar-winning drama about a businessman who faces ruin when an ambitious Miami reporter, acting on a tip-off from the FBI, files a spurious story linking him to the Mafia. The FBI assumes that, with a family history of Mafia connections, he will be able give them a lead on the disappearance of a union boss. With no information to trade, however, the man sets about exacting revenge on the hack and her paper., An ambitious newpaper reporter Megan (Sally Field) is sent to interview Gallagher (Paul Newman), the reclusive business son of a deceased mobster. Though Megan isn’t fully aware of it, she is being manipulated by an ambitious FBI investigator (Bob Balaban), who hopes to tie Gallagher to the recent disappearance of a labor leader. Megan gains Gallagher’s confidence, then writes a scathing piece suggesting that her subject and the missing man were in cahoots. Events deteriorate from there, and the film concludes with a legal harangue presided over by a sagacious old federal functionary played by Wilford Brimley. The true villain is routed, though there’s no guarantee that Gallagher and Megan will ever be able to mend their own emotional fences., 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. This is the dilemma that must be faced in this timely drama about the incredible power of the press. Michael Gallagher, a legitimate businessman, reads in the paper that he is the subject of a criminal investigation. Suddenly, everything he has ever worked for is in jeopardy., FBI agent Elliott Rosen dupes Miami reporter Megan Carter into writing a story ‘exposing’ Michael Gallagher, the innocent son of a mob boss. Drama that blends romance with satire on media ethics., Paul Newman stars as an honest businessman whose life is turned upside-down by a newspaper story that implicates him for a crime he didn’t commit. An absorbing drama., Taut drama in which an ambitious Miami reporter brings about tragedy by writing an inaccurate article linking an innocent man to the Mafia. A federal agent suggests to her that a businessman with mobster relatives may have been involved in the disappearance of a union leader. The resulting defamatory story causes a death and prompts the businessman to exact revenge on the hack and her paper., Sydney Pollack’s superbly observed film stars Sally Field as a reporter who is given an untrue story on suspected racketeer Paul Newman. He has an alibi for the time his supposed crime was committed but it involves a truly innocent party (Melinda Dillon). When she tells Field the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Field to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Newman.

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Q: Who are the main cast members in “Absence of Malice ” ?
A: The main cast includes Sally Field,Paul Newman,Bob Balaban,Luther Adler,Melinda Dillon,Barry Primus,Josef Sommer,John Harkins,Don Hood,Wilford Brimley,Arnie Ross,Lynn Stalmaster,Anna Marie Napoles,Shelley Spurlock,Joe Petrullo,Shawn McAllister,Rooney Kerwin,Oswaldo Calvo,Clardy Malugen,Sharon Anderson,Jody Wilson,Ilse Earl,Alfredo Calderon,Jodie Wilson,Patrick Sullivan,Bill Hindman,Timothy Hawkins,John Archie,Ricardo Marquez,Kathy Suergiu,Jeff Gillen,Diane Zolten,Ted Bartsch,Sugar Ray Mann,Richard O’Feldman,Chuck Lupo,John DiSanti,Laurie V. Logan,Patricia Matsdorff,Gary Van Auken,Jack McDermott,Mark Harris,Bobbie-Ellyne Kosstrin,Lynn Parraga,Lee Sandman,Barry Hober,Sheldon Kahn,Terence Marsh,Ronald L. Schwary,Owen Roizman,Les Fresholtz,Bernie Pollack,Kurt Luedtke.

Q: When Did the “Absence of Malice” Released?
A: The Movie “Absence of Malice” originally aired on 1981-11-19 and released in the year of 1981.

Q: What Languages are available to watch “Absence of Malice” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.

Q: Where to watch “Absence of Malice” ?
A: “Absence of Malice” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.

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