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Absence of Malice is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sydney Pollack released in USA on 18 december 1981 with Paul Newman
Absence of Malice (1981)
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Add to a movie listAbsence of Malice is a 1981 American drama film starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, and Bob Balaban, directed by Sydney Pollack.
The title refers to the legal definition of one of the requirements of proof against libel defamation, and is used in journalism classes to illustrate the conflict between disclosing damaging personal information and the public's right to know.
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Miami liquor wholesaler Michael Gallagher (Newman), who is the son of a deceased criminal, awakes one day to find himself a front-page 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.Actors
Paul Newman
(Michael Colin Gallagher)
Sally Field
(Megan Carter)
Bob Balaban
(Elliott Rosen)
Melinda Dillon
(Teresa Perrone)
Luther Adler
(Santos Malderone)
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