Absence of Malice (1981)

Cast/Avec Paul Newman (Michael Colin Gallagher), Sally Field (Megan Carter), Bob Balaban (Elliot Rosen), Melinda Dillon (Teresa Perrone), Luther Adler (Oncle Santos Malderone), Barry Primus (Bob Waddell), Josef Sommer (McAdam), John Harkins (Davidek), Shawn McAllister

Absence of Malice is a 1981 film which tells the story of Michael Gallagher (Paul Newman), the son of a deceased Mafia boss who discovers that he has become a front-page story in the local Miami newspaper, indicating that he is being investigated for a murder of a local longshoreman union official he may or may not have been involved in. Sally Field as Megan is the reporter who writes the story after being prodded by a former lover who is working on the investigation for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The worlds of Gallagher and Megan start to come closer and closer, and although she is a modern woman and as he says, he is "from the stone age", her ethics and standards the ethics of journalism are tested, including how close a reporter should get to his or her source.

Un homme est accusé injustement par une campagne de presse calomnieuse d'avoir participé de près ou de loin à l'enlèvement d'une personnalité. Pour se défendre, il doit lui-même prouver son innocence…