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Absence Of Malice

Absence Of Malice

Columbia TriStar (Dec 18, 1981)
Drama | Romance | Thriller
USA | English | Color | 01:57
Blu-Ray Edition
Blu-ray
PG (Parental Guidance)
014381753158
| 1 disc
Region A
HD Case

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. The D.A., Feds and the police set her up to write the story that explodes his world. Now he's going to write the book on getting even.



Mike Gallagher is a Miami liquor wholesaler whose deceased father was a local mobster. The FBI organized crime task force has no evidence that he's involved with the mob but decide to pressure him perhaps revealing something - anything - about a murder they're sure was a mob hit. They let Megan Carter, a naive but well-meaning journalist, know he is being investigated and Gallagher's name is soon all over the newspaper. Gallagher has an iron-clad alibi for when the murder occurred but won't reveal it to protect his fragile friend Teresa. When Carter publishes her story, tragedy ensues. Needing to make amends, Carter tells Gallagher the source of the first story about him and he sets out to teach the FBI and the Federal Attorney a lesson. Written by garykmcd




Michael Colin Gallagher is the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a simple liquor warehouse owner. Frustrated in his attempt to solve a murder of a union head, a prosecutor leaks a false story that Gallagher is a target of the investigation, hoping that he will tell them something for protection. As his life begins to unravel, others are hurt by the story. Megan Carter, the reporter, is in the clear under the Absence of Malice rule in slander and libel cases. Knowing nothing to trade to the prosecutors, Gallagher must regain control of his life on different ground. Written by John Vogel




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Paul Newman Michael Colin Gallagher
Sally Field Megan Carter
Bob Balaban Elliott Rosen
Melinda Dillon Teresa Perrone
Luther Adler Santos Malderone
Barry Primus Bob Waddell
Josef Sommer McAdam
John Harkins Davidek
Don Hood District Attorney Quinn
Wilford Brimley James J. Wells
Arnie Ross Eddie Frost
Phanie Napoli Nickie
Shelley Spurlock Sarah Wylie
Shawn McAllister Hood 1
Joe Petrullo Hood 2
William Kerwin Walker - Standard's Photographer
Oswaldo Calvo John
Clardy Malugen Donna
Sharon Anderson Secretary
Jody Wilson Raggedy Lady
Ilse Earl Nun
Alfredo Alvarez Calderon Rodriquez
Pat Sullivan Meersma
Bill Hindman Priest
John Archie FBI Agent

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Owner Kerry & Dawn
Location Movies-03
Storage Device TD 20
Purchased Aug 11, 2012
Quantity 1
Seen Dec 16, 2020
Added Date May 17, 2015 05:43:08
Modified Date Apr 17, 2024 00:47:18

Edition details

Screen Ratios Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
Subtitles English | Spanish
Distributor Image Entertainment
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Nov 08, 2011

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