Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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.
- coma
- court
- boston
- massachusetts
- affectation
- redemption
- lawyer
- alcoholic
- courtroom
- defense attorney
- pinball machine
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Paul Newman
Frank Galvin
Charlotte Rampling
Laura Fischer
Jack Warden
Mickey Morrissey
James Mason
Ed Concannon
- Milo O'Shea — Judge Hoyle
- Lindsay Crouse — Kaitlin Costello
- Edward Binns — Bishop Brophy
- Julie Bovasso — Maureen Rooney
- Roxanne Hart — Sally Doneghy
- James Handy — Kevin Doneghy
- Wesley Addy — Dr. Towler
- Joe Seneca — Dr. Thompson
- Lewis J. Stadlen — Dr. Gruber
- Kent Broadhurst — Joseph Alito
- Colin Stinton — Billy
- Directed
- Sidney Lumet
- Written
- David Mamet
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 741 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, The Zanuck/Brown Company
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