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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman and Sally Field.The life of a liquor store owner (Newman) unravels after a false story about a murder is written by newspaper reporter Megan Carter (Field), who has read it from a file, left intentionally on the desktop of federal prosecutor Elliot Rosen (Bob Balaban). As it turns out, Rosen is doing a bogus investigation and has leaked it with the purpose of squeezing Gallagher for information.The movie also stars Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Barry Primus, Josef Sommer, and Wilford Brimley.It was released on December 18, 1981.
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Driven to Suicide: Teresa, Gallagher's close friend, tells Megan Gallagher couldn't have been involved in the crime he's accused of because he took her, Teresa, to a place where she could get an abortion, but she doesn't want that to be published because Good Girls Avoid Abortion. When Megan publishes it anyway, Teresa kills herself.
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Armor-Piercing Question: When Wells, the assistant U.S. Attorney General investigating the entire mess, says to Gallagher, "Don't get too smart.":
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Convicted by Public Opinion: The whole point as Michael Gallagher's entire life is ruined because an anonymous tipster's claim that he's involved in a current murder gets published in the newspapers.
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