Absence of Malice (1981) — Cast
Cast
| John Harkins | Davidek |
| Melinda Dillon | Perrone |
| Don Hood | Quinn |
| Barbara Keegan | Pappy's Staff |
| Sally Field | Megan |
| Jody Wilson | Lady Beltham |
| Rachel Jacobs | |
| Joe Petrullo | Overcoat Hood |
| Diane Zolten | Newsroom Reporter |
| Ted Bartsch | Theater Manager |
| Richard O'Barry | Freeway Driver |
| Kathy Suergiu | Newsroom Reporter |
| Sugar Ray Mann | Copy |
| Ricardo Márquez | FBI Spokesman |
| Luther Adler | Duke Santos |
| John DiSanti | Longshoreman |
| Sharon Anderson | Mussburger's Secretary |
| Ilse Earl | Sanitarium Nun |
| Arnie Ross | A.J. Frost |
| Laurie V. Logan | Mactilburgh's Assistant |
| Wilford Brimley | James |
| Paul Newman | Michael |
| Bill Hindman | Priest |
| Barry Primus | Waddell |
| Chuck Lupo | Dock |
| William Kerwin | Walker |
| Shawn McAllister | Overcoat Hood |
| Phanie Napoli | Nickie |
| Patricia Matzdorff | Lieutenant Dan's Fiancée, Susan |
| Gary Van Auken | Marshall Grant |
| Bob Balaban | Elliott |
| Barry Hober | Pappy's Staff |
| Pat Sullivan | Meersma |
| Oswaldo Calvo | John Rambo |
| Josef Sommer | Dakin McAdam |
| Shelley Spurlock | Wylie |
| John Archie | FBI Spokesman |
| Jeff Gillen | Newsroom Reporter |
| Clardy Malugen | Donna |
| Timothy Hawkins | FBI Spokesman |
Crew
| Gerald R. Molen | Transportation Coordinator |
| David McGiffert | Assistant Director |
| Ronald L. Schwary | Production Manager |
| Beverly Walker | Publicist |
| Gary H. Holt | Gaffer |
| Patricia Matzdorff | Production Coordinator |
| Owen Roizman | Director of Photography |
| Joe Mosca | Assistant Editor |
| Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sydney Pollack | Director |
| John A. Scott III | Leadman |
| Bernie Pollack | Costume Design |
| Dan Wallin | Sound Mixer |
| Rita Salazar | Costumer |
| Gordon Davidson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Hank Scelza | Transportation Captain |
| James Glennon | Camera Operator |
| Lois Freeman | Associate Editor |
| John Franco Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Marc Mercury | Stunts |
| Tom E. Dahl | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Chuck Stein | Construction Coordinator |
| Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Edward Aiona | Property Master |
| Neil Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Sheldon Kahn | Editor |
| Robert Boettcher | Assistant Property Master |
| Ronald L. Schwary | Executive Producer |
| Don L. Cash | Makeup Artist |
| Chester Slomka | Sound Editor |
| Bert Hallberg | Sound Mixer |
| Robert M. Moore | Costumer |
| Sydney Pollack | Producer |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Kurt Luedtke | Writer |
| Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Michael McDuffee | Transportation Captain |
| Ned McLeod | Location Manager |
| Rob Hahn | Assistant Camera |
| Dorothy J. Pearl | Makeup Artist |
| Ralph Babcock | Boom Operator |
| Terri Cannon | Hairstylist |
| Bob Rose | Key Grip |
| William S. Maxwell III | Leadman |
| Rafael Elortegui | Second Assistant Director |
| Willie Marceau | Construction Foreman |
| Wilma Garscadden-Gahret | Script Supervisor |
| Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Robert A. Reich | Sound Editor |