12 Angry Men (1957)

Name: 12 Angry Men
Released: 1957
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman

• Movies, Drama

• 97 min

8.5

Life is in their hands — Death is on their minds!

Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Casting: Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Rudy Bond, Tom Gorman, James Kelly, Billy Nelson, John Savoca, Walter Stocker
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1957-04-10
Status: Released

Tags: death penalty, anonymity, court case, court, judge, jurors, father murder, class, heat, innocence, puerto rico, based on play or musical, black and white, courtroom, hostile, courtroom drama, cautionary, callous

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.