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The Verdict (1982) 7.7
A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling. Director:Sidney Lumet |
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Cast
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| Charlotte Rampling | ... | ||
| Jack Warden | ... | ||
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| Milo O'Shea | ... |
Judge Hoyle
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Kaitlin Costello
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Julie Bovasso | ... |
Maureen Rooney
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| Roxanne Hart | ... |
Sally Doneghy
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| James Handy | ... |
Kevin Doneghy
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| Wesley Addy | ... |
Dr. Towler
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| Joe Seneca | ... |
Dr. Thompson
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Lewis J. Stadlen | ... |
Dr. Gruber
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Kent Broadhurst | ... |
Joseph Alito
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| Colin Stinton | ... |
Billy
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Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, he suddenly realizes that perhaps after all the case should go to court: to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients, and to restore his standing as a lawyer. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 December 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dommen See more »Box Office
Gross:
$54,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Trivia
Robert Redford was originally involved with this film. After writer David Mamet delivered his draft, Redford was uncomfortable with the main character and hired another writer to do another draft, and so on until Redford decided he didn't want to do the film. He was uncomfortable because he did not want to play an alcoholic. Sidney Lumet was offered the project. He read all the drafts and identified the original Mamet version as the one to make. At that point, Paul Newman agreed to star. See more »Goofs
Throughout the film, the length of time that the woman is said to have been in a coma is 4 years (the confrontation between the husband and Frank Galvin, for example), but during his cross examination of Kaitlin Price, Galvin gives the date of the operation as May 12, 1976. The date on Concannon's check to Laura Fischer is dated February 19, 1982, making it nearly 6 years since the woman went into the coma. See more »Quotes
Maureen Rooney: You know you guys are all the same. You don't care who gets hurt. You're a bunch of whores. You'd do anything for a dollar. You got no loyalty... No nothing... You're a bunch of whores.See more »
I like that this film shows how the criminal justice system, solid though it is, has cracks that can prevent justice being done, and that the people participating in it have to have the courage to recognize them. This film has turned out to be a seminal one: legal drama has turned overwhelmingly to rumination of the moral interstices of the law like the one portrayed here. Without "The Verdict," we wouldn't have "The Practice." Gone are the days when all of Perry Mason's clients were innocent.
Paul Newman's performance has been justifiably enshrined in the pantheon of Circumstances When The Academy Dropped The Ball. But what made the film a truly emotional performance for me was Lindsay Crouse as the pivotal witness. The entire ensemble was flawless, as was the incredible atmosphere. "The Verdict" is probably too serious for some movie fans, and that's OK--no film can please everyone. But if you like to be given something to think about by your entertainments, this is the film for you.