— You know… you guys are all the same. You don’t care who gets hurt. You’re a bunch of whores. You’d do anything for a dollar. You got no loyalty… No nothing… You’re a bunch of whores.

David Mamet wrote and Sidney Lumet directed The Verdict. While the dialog has a number of good lines, the story is one that has been told many times before. However, Lumet has the insight to let Newman and the supporting cast ACT and let his camera be an onlooker. The result is a tremendous character study of a man coming to terms with himself and ultimately redeeming himself against all odds. Sort of a new take on the tortoise and the hare fable. — George Chabot