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12 Angry Men ()

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The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 9 nominations.
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Juror 12
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Judge (uncredited)
Tom Gorman ...
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James Kelly ...
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Court Clerk (uncredited)
John Savoca ...
The Accused (uncredited)
Walter Stocker ...
Man Waiting for Elevator (uncredited)

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Sidney Lumet

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Reginald Rose ... (teleplay "Twelve Angry Men")
 
Reginald Rose ... (screenplay)

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Henry Fonda ... producer
George Justin ... associate producer
Reginald Rose ... producer

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Kenyon Hopkins

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Boris Kaufman ... director of photography

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Carl Lerner

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Bob Markell ... (as Robert Markel)

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Herman Buchman ... makeup

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Steve Bono ... production manager (uncredited)

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Don Kranze ... assistant director (as Donald Kranze)

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James A. Gleason ... sound
Al Gramaglia ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

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Saul Midwall ... operative cameraman
Muky ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Kenyon Hopkins ... conductor

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Faith Hubley ... script supervisor (as Faith Elliott)
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Plot Summary

The defense and the prosecution have rested, and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, AND each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room. Written by pjk

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Taglines It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Twelve Angry Men (United States)
  • Douze Hommes en colère (France)
  • 12 Hommes en colère (France)
  • Die zwölf Geschworenen (Germany)
  • 12 hombres sin piedad (Spain)
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  • 96 min
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Budget $350,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Director Sidney Lumet had the actors all stay in the same room for several hours on end and do their lines over and over without filming them. This was to give them a real taste of what it would be like to be cooped up in a room with the same people. See more »
Goofs Within the last half hour of the movie, the clock on the wall in the jury room can be seen indicating 6:15. Several minutes later, E.G. Marshall states that it is "a quarter after six". Several minutes after that, the wall clock is seen again, but still shows 6:15. Still later, when Lee J. Cobb leans over the table after he tears up the snapshot from his wallet, his watch can be seen indicating 5:10. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy (2012). See more »
Soundtracks Dance of the Cuckoos See more »
Crazy Credits At the end of the film, the actors are billed in order of their juror numbers; thus Henry Fonda, although the star of the film, appears 8th. See more »
Quotes Juror #8: Let me ask you this: Do you really think the boy'd shout out a thing like that so the whole neighborhood could hear him? I don't think so - he's much too bright for that.
Juror #10: Bright? He's a common ignorant slob. He don't even speak good English.
Juror #11: [who has a foreign accent] He *doesn't* speak good English.
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