Verdict - I kept a copy

[@tucoramirez6058]

Forgot about this classic. Mason and Newman. Simply superb.

[@Noelito40]

The look on James Mason's face, the realisation that his case was sunk, the fastest objection ever entered!! hahaha...Brilliant acting!

[@frankdenardo8684]

He made Dr. Grüber "disappear".

[@stormyweather9917]

James Mason.

[@Noelito40]

@stormyweather9917 indeed! Thank you, I have corrected it. (Funnily enough though, I just checked, and his father was called John!) 😁

[@fenwayify]

Sadly, it was only in the movie, the verdict had merit. On appeal, the claim would crumble. Other than the ruling, the film was compelling and Newman was fabulous. I always wished he won the Academy Award over Ben Kingsley in Gandhi, though that was a giant of a film.

[@Noelito40]

@fenwayify as the old adage goes....In a court, you don't get justice, you get law!"

[@nancydemoss608]

James Mason. What an incredible actor. I always loved his voice, so cultured. His pacing was genius. I actually saw him this morning in North by Northwest.

[@RodolfLeclerc]

Love him in "Salem's Lot". He was such a perfect villain.

[@gh9111]

James Mason squirming after the witness said she made a copy is just brilliant.

[@brianwalsh1401]

He wasn't use to being the position of not having everything under control.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

@@brianwalsh1401 Concannon made the same mistake Galvin made earlier. As Morrisey (Jack Warden) said 'Never ask a question you don't know the answer to' Concannan asked (on the fly) how do you remember after 4 years? And Price said "Because I kept a copy" Concannon wasn't expecting that.

[@tomhamilton5261]

Acting at its best. Brilliant film, cast, director and screenplay. A masterpiece of cinema.

[@joeblow2069]

I think the story is too thin. She ate too soon before surgery and vomited into her mask? That is lame. An army of medical and nursing staff at the scene would have been able to clear her airway on time.

[@anyviolet]

It's not in this clip but I've never forgotten her anguished shout near the end of this scene, speaking of the 2 doctors who forced her to change the "1" to a "9" to protect themselves and throw her under the bus: "Who were these men?! I wanted to be a nurse!" Crouse practically stole the movie in just one scene.

[@mariedewitt5033]

Great job Lindsay Crouse

[@topgrain]

Yes, her testimony sent Ed Concannon scrambling, forcing him to fully deploy the partisan judge and get her copy of the unaltered admission form thrown out of consideration by the jury. In a later scene, Concannon's maneuverings was called "brilliant," by the hospital's legal advisor. For me, there was a brief moment of faith in people and organizations when the Catholic cleric of the hospital diocese asked the advisor if he believed Ms. Costello Price was being truthful. Although, I knew the hospital would concede nothing, it made me feel good that the cleric seemed genuinely concerned about truth, and not just the legal maneuverings that his side could get away with. I remember thinking that there is yet "hope" for humankind.

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

Absolutely and this is the one scene that I till this day still quote

[@swampjammer3058]

Best scene in the movie!

[@aldojohnson1753]

Powerful scene that's why jurors gave plantiffs more. That was corruption from judge to lawy😢

[@jamesfeldman4234]

James Mason's character did not make the mistake of asking a question to which he didn't know the answer. He THOUGHT that he knew the correct answer. What he did not know was that the document that he thought was genuine was actually altered. During the discovery process, before the trial, Mason's character no doubt went over the document (stating that the patient didn't eat for 9 hours) with the doctors on trial. So, that means that the doctors also lied to the defense attorneys because the doctors knew that the document was altered. Mason's character simply got trapped because of his own lying clients.

[@leifjohnson617]

Good analysis

[@theconsciousobserver6829]

Duh

[@edbavoso7679]

DOCTORS KNOW ORGANIC CHEMISTRY..SOME FAILED ETHICS

[@m.e.d.7997]

Always make copies. You never know.

[@leifjohnson617]

@@m.e.d.7997 Exactly.

[@Spikastru]

That day two lives were ruined: the patient's and the nurse's.

[@kenkvaale12]

One of the greatest movies of all times!!!

[@adespade119]

Excellent piece of acting from Lindsay.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Loved this movie and it really captured the essence of the city of Boston back in the seventies and early eighties. So nostalgic and loved all those old beautiful buildings. Nothing fake or plastic about them.

[@crimony3054]

And in the Fell's Acres case (1984), a Boston jury sent to prison an atypical defendant (a grandmother) based on testimony from small children. There's no reason to believe a jury would not have convicted a pedophile priest. No reason to have not brought such a case to trial.

[@SAVETHEKIDS-bn5zo]

The buildings are vintage they don’t build them like that anymore!! Now they have no character or substance to them just walls & windows!!!! The buildings today are lifeless there’s no talent the architects back then were brilliant! Just like the movies & music today everything is dull & lifeless sad!!

[@bertroost1675]

Did you notice the bicentennial trash barrel on the street?

[@christopherdaffron8115]

Oh the look in his eyes when she told him she had a copy:) Priceless !!

[@susanlloyd7395]

Lindsay Crouse was great. I want to see a clip of her "Who are these men?" speech. Especially, today.

[@mariedewitt5033]

Her dad was Russell Carousel. Married to David Mamet. Brilliant actress

[@bigedslobotomy]

“OBJECTION! She’s killing my case!”

[@allanC5454]

The greatest legal movie ever made.

[@stevemuldoon9451]

I think Erin Brokovich is in the big leagues also, especially being based on a real case.

[@peterdurkin1499]

Mason. Superb actor!!

[@xomthood]

Objection! On what grounds? It's devastating to my case!

[@billyjoecobra2517]

James Mason was the best in this movie! Love him as an evil snd cinical lawyer

[@frankdenardo8684]

He is the prince of darkness

[@paulcolburn3855]

He was Striker (the human who clears the way and prepares for the "master" vampire Mr Barlow) in the original TV version of Salem's Lot. And he played a deviant who liked to get it on with a little under aged girl that he takes on "vacation" with him in Lolita. These are hard, mean spirited, career ending (but never forgotten) roles.

[@MrForttunate]

this scene contains one of my all time favorite movie quotes ," WHO ARE THEASE MEN ". sublime script writing by the great DAVID MAMET .

[@mikeclifford8360]

I've been saying that quote in my head over and over when watching the Chauvin trial in Minn.

[@markwood5486]

The quote is, "Who WERE these men".

[@markwood5486]

@@howarddamico1237 one of my favorite movies.

[@anyviolet]

My favorite scene too. She shouts "Who were these men! I wanted to be a nurse!" Someone upthread says that the cast broke into applause when she finished this scene. It's rare you can actually feel someone's anguish through a screen but she managed it.

[@MrForttunate]

@@anyviolet this is why consider movies to be the greatest art from . it encompasses all the others and then some.

[@jackiescanlon]

James Mason. Incredible actor. Love Lou Gossett but Mason should have won the Oscar.

[@samanthab1923]

I agree. Loved him in Salems Lot & The Last of Sheila. Btw, my dad was a Jack Scanlon 😊

[@garrison6863]

Lindsay Crouse was just excellent in this scene.

[@albertkim7882]

So memorable

[@adespade119]

Agreed

[@radar0412]

Little tear right there.

[@maddymud]

I wish she was better in House of Games

[@larrylevy3962]

This scene is a classic example of the old saying, "There are no small parts, only small actors." Crouse is anything but small in this scene.

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

Great actors. This movie is my favorite.

[@billthestinker]

James Mason brilliant actor!

[@markmerzweiler909]

One of those great distinctive voices.

[@csnide6702]

Loved this movie - saw it theatre by accident and couldn't turn away. Newman was awesome in his role.

[@yirgster9842]

Thank you! But how about the entire scene? This confrontation is the key moral confrontation in the movie. Notice how Paul Newman gave way here for art. Lindsay Crouse is so fantastic here. Sidney Lumet, the director, said after her performance the cast spontaneously broke into applause, something he had never witnessed before in all his years. Available here on youtube.

[@leifjohnson617]

I think it's the greatest scene in a GREAT movie.

[@radar0412]

@@leifjohnson617 Well the movie turned on this scene. And nobody was expecting that bombshell.

[@radar0412]

Yeah. I've always believed it was predetermined that Two Classically Trained Actors should handle this delicate scene. 😂

[@jeffcollins9995]

Masterpiece in all areas.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Yes! I need to watch this movie again. It is that good.

[@gmh471]

Not in all areas. Wonderful acting and drama. But as a law film, it gets so many things wrong that it is distracting to anyone who knows anything about the practice of law and, in particular, trial practice.

[@Dansharley51]

This was a GREAT movie. Newman & Mason at their best!!!

[@chreynest]

he makes the most basic legal blunder of asking the witness a question he doesn't already know the answer to.....he walks right into his own trap

[@jonpogoda8797]

He thought he knew the answer. His clients lied to him.

[@chreynest]

true his clients had lied by altering the original paperwork, but still he knew he was treading into strangely contradictory if uncertain territory

[@ritchieworrell8595]

My favorite courtroom drama EVER!

[@maryannhanlon7828]

Greatest acting of Paul Newman ‘s career.

[@johnstreet7656]

One of the best legal gotcha's in movie history.

[@chrisdrake13]

At 1:14 , it is Bruce Willis in the background.

[@jfq7223]

And Tobin Bell is back there too

[@jameshoran8]

Bruce and Tobin were smart to get themselves into Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens for the filming that day.

[@felixcowey1898]

There’s a lot of competition, but this is one of my favorite Paul Newman movies

[@9Ballr]

Objection your honor! We can't let the truth be heard in this trial!

[@laurie113]

Sounds the America of 2024!

[@gh9111]

Jack Warden said Concannon (Mason) was the Prince of fucking Darkness and he was right.

[@pschroeter1]

I just watched this. All I could think was since Mason got a ruling that said only the original mattered, then the original should be forensically examined to see if it had been altered, ie the one turned into a nine.

[@DS-wk1kn]

She just added the loop to make it a 9, probably. Nothing to examine.

[@johnsheehan6250]

What a great court room moment

[@bonniepawson8840]

Great movie, This was the best scene.

[@guardianangel138]

what a great classic film

[@gmh471]

James Mason doing his best James Mason. Before Christopher Walken, James Mason was the one everyone tried to imitate.

[@kdohertygizbur]

Frasier Crane did a good one too

[@Bill_Bogan]

Never ask a question you don't already know the answer to.

[@svbarr]

One of the best Film Performances of the 1980's. In the Theater there are roles called "claptraps". These are scenes usually performed by non lead characters,scenes that illuminate or change the story.Scenes so powerful that audiences gasp and clap and respond powerfully. This is a Film version of an amazing claprap - perfectly set up and performed.

[@jamesdrynan]

The volume is very low! However, it's a great scene in a superb movie. Probably Newman's most perfect characterization.

[@timmeinschein]

At the end of this video: Realizing that your questioning just convicted your clients!!!

[@belleyboy]

That has to be the fastest "objection!!" in movie history!!

[@Gary-59]

Objection! - LOL

[@mariacorralesroman5746]

Con Pol se llena la pantalla esta brillante en esta película me encanta las expresiones de su rostro😗

[@steelers6titles]

The copy should have been disclosed to the defense before trial. Mistrial, or at least a continuance.

[@frankkolton1780]

Not if the defense attorney had no prior knowledge of it.

[@steelers6titles]

But, of course, Galvin didn't know about it either.

[@caterinagroli1181]

OBJECTION!

[@jerlewis4291]

My aunt taught law school and she would tell students that this is what happens when you ask a question that you do not know the answer to. People have sandbagged lawyers forever, she used to say "What did I tell you from the moment this class began; It's not what you know, or what you believe that matters, it is only what you can prove that matters in a courtroom."

[@SteveSilverActor]

I always wondered why this wasn't discovered during deposition, but it makes for entertaining drama!

[@us-Bahn]

Of course, “Objection!!” Object to the truth whenever you can. If it helps you protect the villain.

[@jameslucas5590]

I have never seen this movie. Now I have to get into my timemachine and go check it out.

[@jameshoran8]

Lilly Braden from Slapshot. She and Newman played totally different characters.

[@AL_YZ]

Lindsay Crouse was married to the scriptwriter, David Mamet, at the time. It is unfortunate that the scene was ruined because of the unbelievably clunky editing of this clip.

[@safiremorningstar]

He can't object since he opened the door in the first place, the moment he opened the door asking the question she could rebuttal by if that's the proper term for this she could counter what he is saying the moment he opened the door he opened the door for further evidence to begin when he be rated her and asked her how can she possibly know it was a one and not a nine the moment he did that she could counter with her own copy.

[@timheidel5849]

A bit of trivia...Bruce Willis is one of the people in the courtroom audience but he does not appear in the credits....

[@gregruland1934]

greatest lawyer movie ever - best scene

[@stevemorse108]

Never ask a question of a witness unless you are sure what answer they will give.

[@mwduck]

In a civil case, at least.

[@Michael-hw5wk]

So have I. On flash drives buried everywhere (including parks), and I paid individuals to take pics and vids from my phone to a flash drive. You are going down HARD WV law enforcement, Mike ROmano, Armstrong, and those at the local courthouse who took part (and many, many others).

[@jedi1967]

This was a crucial moment in the movie that turned the case in favor of Frank by the Jurors.

[@patrickmoran687]

In court Never ask a question to which you do not know the answer before you ask it.

[@rickcimino5483]

Great movie.

[@9mm4ever]

When they're good. They're good forever. The truth hurts.

[@Dirk80241]

He couldn’t shout ‘objection’ fast enough once the truth came out!

[@babyboomer9560]

I’ll never forget the look on a doctor’s face in the ICU of a hospital when he realized he killed a patient. He gave digoxin IV push to digitalized a patient…then looked at her chart and saw she was already digitalized.

[@bantoniplakantry9138]

It sounds good but for memory her copy wasn't allowed in evidence, as they had the original. Therefore that trumped any copy.

[@fjb4932]

Prime example, the Truth is not paramount in the Court. Twisting the truth Is... ☆

[@bee6070]

Best scene!!!

[@randallcarpenter5313]

Never ask a question which you don't know the answer.

[@Launicaliz]

TO which you don’t know the answer. You’re welcome.

[@paulchandler427]

great scene from great movie

[@vcab6875]

Checkmate!

[@m.e.d.7997]

She should not have changed the numbers and a nurse today would not do that but back in the day, I am sure this went on to protect a Doctor. They were treated and respected like Gods. It was a different time and world back then. A doctor intimidating a nurse or anyone back then would not have been prosecuted or punished at all. Different times in the twenty-first century.

[@AshGiver]

She didn’t say she changed out

[@Spikastru]

She later confessed the doctor called her and demanded she change the number or he would fire her and avoid her practice as a nurse.

[@Skyvault_secrets]

Why has this movie stuck with me

[@user-kf6lu4dn2r]

Amazing he treats her like an idiot that objects when she has the proof that she's not.

[@RK831]

1:14 Sally's reaction here was so good.

[@COLETHORN10]

She and Paul Newman played totally different characters in the earlier movie Slapshot

[@Chekmate99]

Objection!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Always liked Lindsay Crouse and her unique nice looks.

[@markl5562]

Ned Braeden's main squeeze on the stand

[@anniehendricks6229]

I don't think the record she had could be introduced for two reasons, in the discovery process the other side has to hand over all items to be introduced as exhibits....secondly, it is a copy and not the original. The original was the altered document.

[@quitequiet5281]

That’s why government inquiries are only made when they know the answer and want to show the answer to the question... LOL Finding out the answer is different than what you think it is... Objection!

[@peterlisa4001]

Really good movie.

[@coreyzimmerman9782]

She was in Slapshot with Paul Newman!

[@amandaallen1898]

They also have the power to alter, edit recordings.

[@adespade119]

haha pwned, fabulous acting.

[@tabfiend]

Top scene. And a perfect example from the lawyers guidebook..............NEVER ask a question that you don't know the answer to !!!!!

[@jamescollinson2179]

He had to. It was in the script.

[@COLETHORN10]

Never ask a question in which you do not know the answer forthcoming. Mason made that mistake.

[@claudiocorleone7856]

He knew the answer based on the evidence presented . What he didn’t plan was the lie coming from his client the defendant and the truth in the form of inadmissible copy from the nurse. He recovered quickly but the damage was done with the jury and he knew it.

[@eightinches6094]

When she said she had the copy James Mason knew he was fucked, lol!

[@kdohertygizbur]

Emotionally yes

[@htw9594]

I liked the idea of this movie, but the lack of ligh everywhere made this sour.

[@joeblow2069]

Against the law by the way for a nurse to keep copies of medical records like that.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

You would be stupid NOT to keep a copy to CYA in cases like this..... Just like auditors vid so the narrative cannot be twisted by the other side...

[@omansnowball8027]

Try the Letby trial for real life “ British justice “ another “appalling vista” as the utterly discredited Denning said one time.

[@russellchastain841]

Is this what you call a plot twist??

[@Charlesbaker3017]

There's very few actors...today as good as. Mason..Newman..whole cast..

[@greasyflight6609]

Cross Of Iron

[@mwduck]

Shame on him for getting blindsided by a witness he should have deposed first.

[@kueblersnavyinc]

Over ruled, counselor. You opened the door to this haymaker......

[@skyler951]

Great movie, don't make them like that.

[@godsqueen9437]

Translation: DAHELL

[@dankenoyer5184]

Poor audio