The Verdict (1982)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Frank Galvin	Paul Newman	½
Laura Fischer	Charlotte Rampling	½
Mickey Morrissey	Jack Warden	½
Ed Concannon	James Mason	½
Judge Hoyle	Milo O'Shea
Kaitlin Costello Price	Lindsay Crouse
Bishop Brophy	Edward Binns
Maureen Rooney	Julie Bovasso
Sally Doneghy	Roxanne Hart
Kevin Doneghy	James Handy
Courtroom Observers	Tobin Bell Bruce Willis

Review

This may have been seen as Paul Newman's swan song when it was released, but luckily Newman enjoyed more and better swan songs later on in his career. The film's strength back in the day was its layered and ostensibly bold treatment of a medical malpractice lawsuit, but unfortunately for The Verdict's reputation, this subject matter is one that has been done far better and more elaborate time and time again both on the small and big screen since 1982. The result, seen in retrospect, is a film whose culmination is too soft and predictable to warrant its patient build-up, which is largely based around pseudo-psychological character analyses. Newman carries the film well – he was always good at that – but there's little depth to his relations with the many underdeveloped supporting characters, and as a result the film feels dated and largely irrelevant today.