Veteran journalist Kurt Luedtke penned this scathing and complex Oscar-nominated original screenplay about prosecutorial overreach and media malpractice. Paul Newman plays Michael Colin Gallagher, the honest, hard-working son of a deceased mobster. Gallagher finds his reputation and livelihood threatened when an unscrupulous district attorney manipulates an ambitious reporter (Sally Field) into publishing misleading stories about him. Under the steady direction of Oscar winner Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa), the film was also nominated for Newman’s and Melinda Dillon’s performances.