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
SYNOPSIS
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Paul Newman | Michael Colin Gallagher |
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Sally Field | Megan Carter |
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Bob Balaban | Elliott Rosen |
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Melinda Dillon | Teresa Perrone |
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Luther Adler | Santos Malderone |
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Barry Primus | Bob Waddell |
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Josef Sommer | McAdam |
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John Harkins | Davidek |
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Don Hood | District Attorney Quinn |
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Wilford Brimley | James J. Wells |
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Arnie Ross | Eddie Frost |
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Phanie Napoli | Nickie |
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Shelley Spurlock | Sarah Wylie |
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Shawn McAllister | Hood 1 |
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Joe Petrullo | Hood 2 |
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William Kerwin | Walker - Standard's Photographer |
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Oswaldo Calvo | John |
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Clardy Malugen | Donna |
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Sharon Anderson | Secretary |
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Jody Wilson | Raggedy Lady |
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Ilse Earl | Nun |
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Alfredo Alvarez Calderon | Rodriquez |
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Pat Sullivan | Meersma |
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Bill Hindman | Priest |
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John Archie | FBI Agent |
Director | Sydney Pollack |
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Writer | Kurt Luedtke | |
Producer | Sydney Pollack, Ronald L. Schwary | |
Musician | Dave Grusin | |
Photography | Owen Roizman |
Owner | Kerry & Dawn |
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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 |
Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
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Audio Tracks | Stereo [English] |
Subtitles | English | Spanish |
Distributor | Image Entertainment |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
Edition Release Date | Nov 08, 2011 |