Paul Newman here is the main interpreter of a masterpiece by Sidney Lumet based on the novel by Barry Reed. The verdict is not just a trial: it is also a rebirth; Frank Galvin, our lawyer (Paul Newman) is adrift, in an oblivion with no more purpose, his life a slow slide backwards, dragging himself between lounge bars and alcohol; This happens to some of us when we are failed by justice; it's the people who have an…
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The Verdict
1982
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 in Boston who accepts a medical malpractice case, initially to make money and improve his own tenuous situation, but he discovers while working the case that he is doing the right thing and serving…
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