The Verdict

1982 129 min Drama

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.

IMDb 7.7 RT 88 Metacritic 77

budget $16,000,000 earnings $53,977,250 return 3.4x

director Sidney Lumet

writer David Mamet

cast