12 Angry Men

Cast

Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall View All

Crew

Sidney Lumet (Director), Reginald Rose (Screenplay), Reginald Rose (Story) View All

Release: Apr. 10th, 1957

Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

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15 Which characters in 12 Angry Men are your favorite?

12 remarkable characters all with distinct personalities. Which one is your favorite? My personal favorite was the old man. He was a low key Sherlock Holmes throughout the entire movie. His grasp o...

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The Sci-Fi Slob
The film is an emotional roller coaster for the audience, and for a film only 90 minutes long set almost entirely in a single room, that is quite a feat.

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mark f
The real key to 12 Angry Men's success is Reginald Rose's tightly-wound script, which provides all the jurors [who seem to be heading, shall we say, due west] with flaws and personalities and then as it slowly reveals all of the people we've never seen in the film (those mentioned or testifying duri....

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Jack1
With the deaths of Jack Warden (Juror #7) on July 19, 2006 and Jack Klugman (Juror #5) on December 24, 2012, none of the twelve stars of 12 Angry Men (1957) are still alive.

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