Directed by:
Sydney PollackCinematography:
Owen RoizmanComposer:
Dave GrusinCast:
Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Barry Primus, Josef Sommer, John Harkins, Wilford Brimley, Jeff Gillen, Richard O'Barry (more)Plots(1)
In America, can a man be guilty until proven innocent? Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... and everything they said was accurate but not true. This is the dilemma that must be faced in this timely drama about the incredible power of the press. Michael Gallagher (Paul Newman) 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 (Sally Field), 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Sally Field
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Bob Balaban
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Melinda Dillon
USA
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Reign Over Me (2007)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Luther Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
House of Strangers (1949)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Barry Primus
USA
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
Bolero (1981)
Josef Sommer
German Empire
Best movies:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Sophie's Choice (1982) - narrator
John Harkins
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Being There (1979)
Birdy (1984)
Wilford Brimley
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Brubaker (1980)
The Natural (1984)
Jeff Gillen
Best movies:
A Christmas Story (1983)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Deathdream (1974)
Richard O'Barry
USA
Best movies:
Lenny (1974)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
John DiSanti
USA
Best movies:
Lenny (1974)
Absence of Malice (1981)
The Star Chamber (1983)
Don Hood
USA
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Inherit the Wind (1988) (TV movie)
William Kerwin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Sharon Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Fargo (1996)
Absence of Malice (1981)
B.L. Stryker (1989) (series)
Bill Hindman
USA
Best movies:
The Pilot (1980)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Easy Money (1983)
Ilse Earl
German Empire
Best movies:
Folks! (1992)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
Absence of Malice (1981)