Verdict, The (1982) - (Movie Clip) To Belabor The Obvious

Verdict, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) It Was A Crime What Happened To Him

After credits establishing his loneliness and alcoholism, Paul Newman in his Academy Award-nominated role as lawyer Frank Galvin, making disreputable rounds in Boston, opening Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict, 1982, from David Mamet’s screenplay based on Barry Reed’s novel.

Verdict, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) You've Got A Very Good Case

Alcoholic Boston lawyer Frank (Paul Newman) keeping up appearances, pretending he has a secretary, has his first meeting with client Sally (Roxanne Hart, joined by her husband, James Handy), whose medical malpractice case has been given to him by worried friends, in Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict, 1982.

Verdict, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) How's Your Law Practice?

After seeing his brain-dead client, alcoholic Boston lawyer Frank (Paul Newman) finds he can’t take the malpractice settlement offered by the Catholic diocese that runs the hospital involved, then visits Mickey (Jack Warden), who gave him the case for an easy payday, in Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict, 1982.

Verdict, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) You Got Lucky

Newly inspired to take his medical malpractice case to trial, alcoholic lawyer Frank (Paul Newman) dismisses Mickey (Jack Warden), who gave him the case so he could win an easy settlement, then pursues Laura (Charlotte Rampling), whom he met earlier in his favorite bar, in Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict, 1982.