Absence of Malice
In America can a man be guilty until proven innocent?
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- Drama
- Crime
- Romance
Overview
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
Keywords
- murder
- newspaper reporter
- labor union
- legal thriller
- prosecutor
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 19, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- United States of America
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Revenue
- $40,716,963
- IMDb
- tt0081974