Genre: Romance, Drama, Suspense, Law, Murder, Gangsters, Courtroom, Revenge, Investigation
Tagline: Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... And everything they said was accurate... But none of it was true.
Plot: Michael Gallagher reads in the paper that he is the subject of a criminal investigation. Suddenly, everything he has ever worked for is in jeopardy. He confronts the author, Megan Carter, a relentless investigative reporter. Together they learn that the story was purposely leaked to Carter as part of a plot by the chief investigator. Gallagher's life hangs in the balance as he and Carter try to uncover the truth.While investigating the death of a local union leader, an ambitious young reporter (Sally Field as Megan) becomes involved in a dangerous triangle of love, deceit, and national espionage. After all story leads fall through, shady government agent Rosen cajoles Megan into befriending financier, Gallagher (Paul Newman), a man with filial ties to the Mafia. Becoming Gallagher's confidant, Megan conducts a secret investigation of his life and is soon convinced that Gallagher is involved with the murder. Megan then publishes an article containing a staggering amount of incriminating evidence against him. Written by American journalist Kurt Luedtke, ABSENCE OF MALICE takes an honest look at the world of journalism. Its dialogue and characters are of the upmost realism. Newman delivers a riveting performance as the innocent "patsy," fingered by the government. Director
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Paul Newman
Road to Perdition, The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
 | Sally Field
Forrest Gump, Mrs. Doubtfire, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde |
 | Bob Balaban
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Ghost World, Gosford Park |
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 | Melinda Dillon
Magnolia, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, A Christmas Story | Luther Adler
D.O.A., The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, Wake of the Red Witch | Barry Primus
Life as a House, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, SpaceCamp | |
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