Concannon quickly turns the situation around by getting the judge to declare the nurses testimony stricken from the record on the technicality that she possesses a copy, but for legal purposes the original is presumed to be correct.Zanuck Screenplay by David Mamet Based on The Verdict by Barry Reed Starring.Frank Production company 20th Century Fox Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date.
It stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo OShea, and Lindsay Crouse. ![]() The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Newman), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (James Mason), Best Director (Sidney Lumet), Best Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay (David Mamet). As a favor, his friend and former teacher Mickey sends him a medical malpractice case in which it is all but assured that the defense will settle for a large amount. ![]() Her sister and brother-in-law are hoping for a monetary award in order to give her proper care. Later, a representative of the Catholic hospital where the incident took place offers a substantial settlement. Without consulting the family, Frank declines the offer and states his intention to take the case to trial, stunning all parties including the presiding judge and the victims relatives. Meanwhile, Frank, who is lonely, becomes romantically involved with Laura, a woman he had spotted earlier in a bar. His clients brother-in-law learns from the other side that Frank rejected the settlement and angrily confronts him. His star medical expert disappears, and a hastily-arranged substitutes credentials and testimony are called into serious question on the witness stand. His opponent, the high-priced attorney Ed Concannon, has at his disposal a large legal team that is masterful with the press. The presiding judge, who despises Frank, undermines his questioning of the substitute. No one who was in the operating room is willing to testify that negligence occurred. Concannon is revealed to be paying Laura to provide inside information on Galvins legal strategy, which she does, albeit unhappily. Frank travels there to seek her help, leaving Mickey and Laura working together in Franks office. Mickey discovers a check from Concannon in her handbag and infers that Laura is a mole, providing information to the opposing counsel. Mickey flies to New York to tell Frank about Lauras betrayal; confronting her in a bar, Frank strikes Laura hard enough to knock her to the floor. ![]() 1982 2013 Full Meal OnlyShe had written down that the patient had eaten a full meal only one hour before being admitted. The doctor had failed to read the admitting notes and, in ignorance, administered an anesthetic that should never have been given to a patient with a full stomach. But before she made the change Costello had made a photocopy of the notes, which she brought with her to court.
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