Cast and crew
Absence of Malice (1981)
40 cast and 49 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast40
Sally FieldMegan Carter
Paul NewmanMichael Colin Gallagher
Bob BalabanElliott Rosen
Melinda DillonTeresa Perrone
Luther AdlerSantos Malderone
Barry PrimusRobert Waddell
Josef SommerMcAdam
John HarkinsDavidek
Don HoodJames A. Quinn
Wilford BrimleyJames J. Wells- Arnie RossEddie Frost
Barbara KeeganNews Staff- Barry HoberNews Staff
- Phanie NapoliNickie
- Shelley SpurlockSarah Wylie
- Shawn McAllisterHood
- Joe PetrulloHood
- William KerwinWalker
- Oswaldo CalvoJohn
- Sharon AndersonSecretary
- Ilse EarlNun
John DiSantiLongshoreman- Rachel Jacobs—
- Clardy MalugenDonna
- Jody WilsonRaggedy Lady
- Pat SullivanMeersma
- Bill HindmanPriest
- Patricia MatzdorffSusan
- Ted BartschBeverage Manager
- Sugar Ray MannCopy Boy
- Richard O'BarryDriver
- Chuck LupoDock Boy
- Laurie V. LoganMcAdam's Assistant
- Gary Van AukenMarshall
- Diane ZoltenReporter
- Kathy SuergiuReporter
Jeff GillenReporter- John ArchieFBI Agent
- Timothy HawkinsFBI Agent
- Ricardo MárquezFBI Agent
Crew49
Directing
- Sydney PollackDirector
- David McGiffertAssistant Director
- Wilma Garscadden-GahretScript Supervisor
- Rafael ElorteguiSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Kurt LuedtkeWriter
Production
- Sydney PollackProducer
- Ronald L. SchwaryExecutive Producer, Production Manager
- Ned McLeodLocation Manager
- Beverly WalkerPublicist
- Patricia MatzdorffProduction Coordinator
- Lynn StalmasterCasting
Camera
- Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography
- James GlennonCamera Operator
- Rob HahnAssistant Camera
- Bob RoseKey Grip
Editing
- Sheldon KahnEditor
- Joe MoscaAssistant Editor
- Lois FreemanAssociate Editor
Sound and music
- Tom E. DahlSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Les FresholtzSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Arthur PiantadosiSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Neil BurrowSound Editor
- Gordon DavidsonSupervising Sound Editor
- Robert A. ReichSound Editor
- Chester SlomkaSound Editor
- Ralph BabcockBoom Operator
- Bert HallbergSound Mixer
- Else BlangstedMusic Editor
- Dan WallinSound Mixer
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Terence MarshProduction Design
- John Franco Jr.Set Decoration
- Edward AionaProperty Master
- Willie MarceauConstruction Foreman
- Chuck SteinConstruction Coordinator
- Robert BoettcherAssistant Property Master
- William S. Maxwell IIILeadman
- John A. Scott IIILeadman
Costume and make-up
- Rita SalazarCostumer
- Terri CannonHairstylist
- Don L. CashMakeup Artist
- Robert M. MooreCostumer
- Dorothy J. PearlMakeup Artist
- Bernie PollackCostume Design
Lighting
- Gary H. HoltGaffer
Crew
- Marc MercuryStunts
- Gerald R. MolenTransportation Coordinator
- Michael McDuffeeTransportation Captain
- Hank ScelzaTransportation Captain