Stars: Lindsay Crouse, Jack Warden, Charlotte Rampling, Wesley Addy, Edward Binns, Paul Newman, James Mason, Milo O'Shea

Director: Sidney Lumet

Summary: Frank Galvin is an alcoholic lawyer whose once-promising legal career is on the skids. He gets one last chance to prove himself when a malpractice case comes his way.

Sidney Lumet directs Paul Newman as an alcoholic lawyer whose once-promising legal career is on the skids and who gets and one last chance to prove himself in this tense courtroom drama. Frank Galvin (Newman) can't even scare up clients anymore until a colleague Mickey Morrissey (Jack Warden) helps him out by passing a routine malpractice case his way. Frank is just going through the motions until he meets the victim, a woman who has suffered complications during childbirth and is now reduced to a permanently comatose state. Rejecting the Catholic hospital's offer of a financial settlement, Frank decides to take the case to court, battling both for his client's rights and for his own dignity. Newman gives one of the finest performance of his career and James Mason is perfect as Edward J. Concannon, the slimy lawyer for the defence. David Mamet provides the face-paced, honest, and suspenseful screenplay.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Sidney Lumet - The Craft of Directing featurette, Paul Newman - The Craft of Acting featurette, AMC Backstory featurette, Making of The Verdict, Milestone In Cinema History featurette
Year:	1982
Release Date:	March 19, 2007
Runtime:	124 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	0118801004
Keywords:	English, Newman, Verdict, Drama, Cinema, Reserve
Genre:	Drama