The Verdict (1982)

Edward Binns: Bishop Brophy

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• [the church has offered a check for $210,000 to settle the case] 

  Frank Galvin : 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.