ABSENCE OF MALICE

Absorbing drama on the power and responsibilitiesof the press: a longshoremen's union leader disappears and a reporter is tricked into smearing an innocent suspect.

Director Sydney Pollack

Drama 1980, colour 116 mins, Columbia

Paul Newman, Sally Fields, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Barry Primus

AAN: Screenplay, Paul Newman, Melinda Dillon