Directed by:
Sidney LumetScreenplay:
Reginald RoseCinematography:
Boris KaufmanComposer:
Kenyon HopkinsCast:
Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec (more)Plots(1)
12 Angry Men, by Sidney Lumet, may be the most radical courtroom drama in cinema history. A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system that is as riveting as it is spare, this iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose’s teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the dissenting member on a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. The result is a saga of epic proportions that plays out over a tense afternoon in one sweltering room. Lumet’s electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature film debuts. (Criterion)
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Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
![12 Angry Men - Photos - Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Henry Fonda, E.G. Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/158/122/158122624_cddd5e.jpg)
Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
![12 Angry Men - Photos - E.G. Marshall, John Fiedler, Henry Fonda, Ed Begley, Jack Warden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/158/122/158122627_35ecc9.jpg)
Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
![12 Angry Men - Photos - George Voskovec, E.G. Marshall, Ed Begley, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/158/122/158122628_fa570d.jpg)
Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
![12 Angry Men - Photos - George Voskovec, Jack Warden, Ed Begley, John Fiedler, Edward Binns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/158/122/158122629_fdb922.jpg)
Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
![12 Angry Men - Photos - Henry Fonda, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Martin Balsam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/158/122/158122630_c60254.jpg)
Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
![12 Angry Men - Photos - George Voskovec, Edward Binns, Ed Begley, Jack Warden, Lee J. Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/158/122/158122631_48e270.jpg)