Absence of Malice

Miami businessman Michael (Paul Newman) arrives home to find friend and catholic-school secretary Teresa (Melinda Dillon) worrying about his being named in a newspaper story about a presumed murder, early in Sydney Pollack's Absence Of Malice, 1981.

Catholic school secretary Teresa (Melinda Dillon) meets reporter Megan (Sally Field), hoping to alibi her murder suspect friend (Paul Newman, not seen), revealing her secret almost an hour into the film, in Sydney Pollack's Absence Of Malice, 1981.

Miami reporter Megan (Sally Field), with editor McAdam (Josef Sommer), decides to visit scheming Federal union-corruption task force lawyer Rosen (Bob Balaban), early in Sydney Pollack's Absence Of Malice, 1981.

Miami businessman Michael Gallagher (Paul Newman, his first scene), implicated in a newspaper article about a missing union boss, confronts reporter Megan (Sally Field), editor McAdam (Josef Sommer) and lawyer Davidek (John Harkins), in Sydney Pollack's Absence Of Malice, 1981.

Not-crooked Miami businessman Michael (Paul Newman) has surprised reporter Megan (Sally Field) by hosting their lunch on his boat, as she digs for dirt on a federal murder probe, in Sydney Pollack's Absence Of Malice, 1981.