I'll tell you how you handle the fact that he's black. You don't touch it. You don't...
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Billy:
His name is Dr. Lionel Thompson. City College of New York, Class of '28. Bachelor of Science; New York College of Medicine; sixteenth in a class of twenty-two. Nineteen seventy-six got a courtesy appointment, staff of anesthesiology, Easthampton Hospital for Women. Never married. Has no honors or degrees of any weight. Since Nineteen seventy-five he's testified in twenty-eight court cases, twelve malpractice. [smugly] Billy:
And - he's black. Ed Concannon:
I'll tell you how you handle the fact that he's black. You don't touch it. You don't mention it. You treat him like anybody else. Neither better nor worse. And let's have a black lawyer sit at our table. Okay?
His name is Dr. Lionel Thompson. City College of New York, Class of '28. Bachelor of Science; New York College of Medicine; sixteenth in a class of twenty-two. Nineteen seventy-six got a courtesy appointment, staff of anesthesiology, Easthampton Hospital for Women. Never married. Has no honors or degrees of any weight. Since Nineteen seventy-five he's testified in twenty-eight court cases, twelve malpractice. [smugly] Billy:
And - he's black. Ed Concannon:
I'll tell you how you handle the fact that he's black. You don't touch it. You don't mention it. You treat him like anybody else. Neither better nor worse. And let's have a black lawyer sit at our table. Okay?
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His name is Dr Lionel Thompson
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City College of New York class of '28 Bachelor of Science
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New York College of Medicine 16th in a class of 22
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1976 got a courtesy appointment staff of anaesthesiology
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Easthampton Hospital for Women
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Never married Has no honours or degrees of any weight
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Since 1975 he's testified in 28 court cases
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12 malpractice
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And he's black
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I'll tell you how you handle the fact
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that he's black Don't touch it
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Don't mention it Treat him just like
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anybody else neither better nor worse
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And let's have a black lawyer sit at our table
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Movie Summary
An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
Actors
Billy
Ed Concannon
