Sidney Lumet's riveting courtroom drama earned five Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for PAUL NEWMANN's towering performance as a down-and-out alcoholic attorney who stumbles onto one last chance to redeem himself. When attorney Frank Galvin (NEWMANN)is given an open-and-shut medical malpractice case that no-one thinks he can win, he courageously decides to refuse a settlement from the hospital. Instead, he takes the case, and the entire legal system to court. JAMES MASON, JACK WARDEN, MILO O'SHEA and CHARLOTTE RAMPLING co-star. 1982 color 128 minutes