Directed by sidney lumet. With paul newman, charlotte rampling, jack warden, james mason. An outcast, alcoholic boston lawyer sees the. Webthe verdict is brilliant in its observations about how a broken man can find himself and attempt to reform a broken system. Like most great classic movies, the. Frank galvin was once. Webthe verdict is a 1982 courtroom drama film directed by sidney lumet, written by david mamet (based on the novel of the same name by barry reed) and starring paul. Webthe verdict is a touching, captivating, virtually spotless masterpiece, and its general quality can be efficiently summed up in the hospital scene, where the main character.