Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama film starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, and Bob Balaban, directed by Sydney Pollack.

Miami liquor wholesaler Michael Gallagher Newman, who is the son of a deceased criminal, awakes one day to find himself a frontpage story in the local newspaper, indicating that he is being investigated in the disappearance and presumed murder of a local longshoreman union official, Joey Diaz.The story was written by Miami Standard newspaper reporter Megan Carter Field, who reads it from a file, left intentionally on the desktop of federal prosecutor Elliot Rosen Balaban. As it turns out, Rosen is trying to squeeze Gallagher for information. ........

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