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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite!

#1of 1957
1957 1h 37mDrama

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.

4.3/5

TMDB score· 10,162 votes

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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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death penaltyanonymitycourt casejudgejurorsinnocencewitnessknifematter of life and deathtrial

Behind it

Sidney LumetSidney LumetDirectorReginald RoseReginald RoseScreenplayKenyon HopkinsComposerBoris KaufmanCinematography

Cast

Martin BalsamMartin BalsamJuror 1John FiedlerJohn FiedlerJuror 2Lee J. CobbLee J. CobbJuror 3E.G. MarshallE.G. MarshallJuror 4Jack KlugmanJack KlugmanJuror 5Edward BinnsEdward BinnsJuror 6Jack WardenJack WardenJuror 7Henry FondaHenry FondaJuror 8Joseph SweeneyJoseph SweeneyJuror 9Ed BegleyEd BegleyJuror 10George VoskovecGeorge VoskovecJuror 11Robert WebberRobert WebberJuror 12Rudy BondRudy BondJudge (uncredited)Tom GormanStenographer (uncredited)James KellyGuard (uncredited)Billy NelsonCourt Clerk (uncredited)Walter StockerMan Waiting for Elevator (uncredited)John SavocaDefendant (uncredited)

Director

Sidney Lumet

Writer

Reginald Rose

Release date

10 Apr 1957

Runtime

1h 37m

Budget

$0.4M

Box office

$4.4M · 11.0× its budget

Studio

Orion-Nova Productions

Language

English

Country

United States of America

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