The Verdict

Name: The Verdict
Director: Sidney Lumet
Genre: Drama
Released: 1982
Rating: 4.5

Sidney Lumet • 129 min • 1982

Drama

“Frank Galvin has one last chance to do something right.”

Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse

Greg✦✦✦✦✦ (5)

Peer✦✦✦✦ (4)

Gap: 1.0 ★

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Synopsis

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.