Genre			Drama
Length			2:09
Director			Sidney Lumet
Writer			Barry Reed David Mamet
Company			20th Century Fox
Starring			Paul Newman Charlotte Rampling Jack Warden James Mason Milo O'Shea Lindsay Crouse Show more... Paul Newman Charlotte Rampling Jack Warden James Mason Milo O'Shea Lindsay Crouse Ed Binns Julie Bovasso Roxanne Hart James Handy Wesley Addy Joe Seneca Lewis J. Stadlen Kent Broadhurst Colin Stinton

Frank Galvin, an alcoholic lawyer tries to redeem his reputation by taking on a difficult medical malpractice case. He accepts the case after he's approached by the the family of a woman who has been left in a coma following an operation at a large Catholic hospital. At first he's hoping for a quick cash settlement, but when he see's the victim in the hospital he decides that he must take the case to trial, despite the powerful opposition.