Verdict

Sidney Lumet's compelling courtroom drama, starring Paul Newman as an over-the-hill lawyer who takes on a medical negligence case, representing the family of a woman left in a coma after a botched operation. At first he hopes to resolve things quickly by getting both sides to agree to a settlement, but his encounter with the victim reignites his long-dormant idealism, and he resolves to take the case to trial and bring those responsible to justice. But he faces strong opposition in wily defence counsel James Mason. With Charlotte Rampling and Milo O'Shea