Absence of Malice (1981)

Directors

Sydney Pollack

Cast

Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Barry Primus, Josef Sommer, Don Hood, John Harkins, Wilford Brimley

The story

Miami liquor wholesaler Michael Gallagher, the son of a deceased criminal, finds himself a front-page story in the local newspaper which reports he's being investigated in the disappearance of longshoremans' union official Joey Diaz. Reporter Megan Carter was tipped to the story by a file left intentionally on the desktop of federal prosecutor Elliot Rosen, who leaked the bogus investigation in order to pressure Gallagher for information. Gallagher confronts Carter, who refuses to reveal her source.

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