Frank Galvin [to Judge Hoyle]
You couldn't hack it as a lawyer. You were a bag man for the boys downtown and you still are, I know about you.
Played by Paul Newman 
The Verdict (1982) · 12 quotes
The Verdict (1982) · 12 quotes
Most-quoted character in The Verdict (1982): in 6 of its 12 quotes
A line from Frank GalvinSo Pat says, he says, "They got this new bar... and you go inside and for half a buck you get a beer, a free lunch and they take you in the back room - they get you laid... Mike says, "Now wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Do you mean to say there's a new bar and you go inside and for a half a buck they give you a beer, a free lunch and they take you in the back room and they get you laid?" Pat says, "That's right." "Have you ever been in the bar?" And he says, "No, but me sister has."
More lines from Frank Galvin
2 quotes Frank Galvin Frank Galvin You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true." And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, "Act as if ye had faith... and faith will be given to you." IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts.
Scenes with Frank Galvin
3 scenes
Mickey Morrissey [trying to convince Frank not to take the case to trial]
Do you know who the attorney for the Archdiocese is? Ed Concannon!
Frank Galvin He's a good man...
Mickey Morrissey He's a good man? Heh, heh, he's the Prince of **** Darkness! He'll have people testifying they saw her waterskiing in Marblehead last summer. Now look, Frank, don't **** with this case!
Frank Galvin [after the church has offered a check for $210,000 to settle the case]
How did you settle on the amount?
Bishop Brophy We thought it was just.
Frank Galvin You thought it was just?
Bishop Brophy Yes.
Frank Galvin Because it struck me, um, how neatly 'three' went into this figure: 210,000. That means I would keep seventy.
Bishop Brophy That was our insurance company's recommendation.
Frank Galvin Yes, that would be.
Bishop Brophy Nothing we can do can make that woman well.
Frank Galvin And no one will know the truth.
Bishop Brophy What is the truth?
Frank Galvin That that poor girl put her trust into the... into the hands of two men who took her life. She's in a coma. Her life is gone. She has no home, no family. She's tied to a machine. She has no friends. And the people who should care for her - her doctors... and you and me - have been bought off to look the other way. We've been paid to look the other way. I came here to take your money. I brought snapshots to show you so I could get your money. I can't do it; I can't take it. 'Cause if I take the money I'm lost. I'll just be a... rich ambulance chaser. I can't do it. I can't take it.
Frank Galvin I changed my life today, what did you do?
Laura Fischer I changed my room at the hotel.
Frank Galvin Why did you do that?
Laura Fischer TV didn't work.
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