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The Verdict is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman as a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer who accepts a medical malpractice case to improve his own situation, but discovers along the way that he is doing the right ...
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Watchlist. New Customer? The Verdict (1982) Milo O'Shea: Judge Hoyle. Showing all 7 items. Jump to: Photos (2) Quotes (5) Photos. Quotes. Judge Hoyle : This case should never have come to trial. But you know better. You're mister independent. You want to be independent? Be independent now. I have no sympathy for you.
Judge Hoyle (Milo O'Shea) calls Frank Galvin and the lead defense attorney, Ed Concannon (James Mason), into his chambers to get a settlement, but Frank refuses, so they set the trial for the next week.
The Verdict (1982) Directed by Sidney Lumet / Lars Kraume Genres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Courtroom Drama | Release Date - Dec 7, 1982 (USA - Unknown), Dec 8, 1982 (USA - Limited), Dec 10, 1982 (USA) | Run Time - 129 min. | Countries - Spain, United States | MPAA Rating - R
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Galvin's pal, a lawyer named Mickey Morrissey ( Jack Warden) has drummed up a little work for him: An open-and-shut malpractice suit against a Catholic hospital in Boston where a young woman was carelessly turned into a vegetable because of a medical oversight. The deal is pretty simple.
Among the other standouts are Edward Binns as the manipulative bishop, Milo O'Shea as the exasperated judge, Wesley Addy as the man who wrote the book on anesthesiology, and especially Joe Seneca as an African-American physician whose testimony for the plaintiff doesn't go as planned.
