A scene from The Verdict 1982
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.

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