The Verdict Page #5

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Galvin looks around the office. Goes to his sofa. Sits,

reaches to side table.

ANGLE - INSERT

The side table, a pack of Luckies. Galvin taking one, his

hand shaking a little. Also on side table a pile of change

containing a small rosary and a wedding ring.

INT. GALVIN'S OFFICE ANTEROOM - INSERT - DAY

The carriage of a typewriter. A sheet of paper. Its letterhead

reads "Frank P. Galvin. Attorney at Law, 124 State Street,

Boston, Mass. 02981. Cable FRAGAL." Someone is typing, "Sorry

I had to go out. Back at 10. Judge Geary called. Are you

available for lunch Wednesday University Club?" A hand takes

a paper from carriage and puts it on desk. Takes a pen and

signs, "Claire."

ANGLE:

Galvin in the anteroom, dressed in his suit, unshaved, having

just signed the paper. He takes a piece of Scotch tape from

the dispenser on the desk, picks up a file folder from the

coffee table. It is torn in several places and rudely Scotch-

taped.

ANGLE - P.O.V. - INSERT

The file headed Deborah Ann Kaye v. St. Catherine Laboure

Hospital et. al.

ANGLE:

Galvin surveys the anteroom, opens door to corridor, Scotch

tapes the note he has just typewritten to the outside of the

door.

INT. O'ROURKE'S BAR - DAY

Dark paneling, clean, simple. A drinkers' bar. OLD BARTENDER

and THREE CUSTOMERS spaced widely, Galvin in his overcoat

downing a shot, the file open before him. He is reading.

He checks his watch, scoops the file together under his arm,

throws a dollar on the bar, and heads for the door.

INT. NORTHERN NURSING HOME CORRIDOR - DAY

Galvin walking tentatively down the corridor of a very rundown

nursing home. He receives suspicious looks from the

Attendants. He is checking numbers on the doors against a

notation in the file. He finds the correct door and enters.

INT. NURSING HOME WARD - DAY

The door to the ward from the inside. Galvin opening the

door to the dark ward, backlit, tentative, a little unsteadied

from his drinking. He puts his back against the door, puts

down file and briefcase, extracts a small cheap Polaroid

camera from the briefcase, readies it to shoot, picks up his

paraphernalia, and starts off down the ward. As he walks

down the ward he checks the file hung at the foot of each

bed. Galvin stops at the foot of one bed and reads the chart.

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