Absence of Malice

(1981)

116 minutes

Drama / Romance

Director: Sydney Pollack

Cast: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler and Barry Primus

Michael Colin Gallagher lives a very simple life, owning a liquor warehouse. Far different from the life his father lead who was a Mafia boss. A frustrated prosecutor creates a fabricated story that Gallagher is the center of a murder investigation involving a union head.  The prosecutor has some hope that Gallagher will reveal something for assurance. Close ones to Gallagher are affected by some of the things that come out of his life story. He must find a way to get his life back, for he knows nothing the prosecutor wants.

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