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12 Angry Men is a 1957 American independent [6] [7] legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet in his directorial debut, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose.
12 Angry Men: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall. 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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Twelve Angry Men is an American courtroom drama written by Reginald Rose concerning the jury of a homicide trial. It was broadcast initially as a television play in 1954. The following year it was adapted for the stage. It was adapted for a film of the same name, directed by Sidney Lumet, and released in 1957.
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12 Angry Men, American courtroom film drama, released in 1957, considered a classic of the genre. It marked the feature-film directorial debut of Sidney Lumet.
The film was adapted from a 1954 television play that aired on the series Studio One. It centres on the deliberations of 12 jurors serving on a murder case. Eleven jurors vote for a quick conviction, but one holdout (played by Henry Fonda) painstakingly tries to convince the others that the accused may be innocent, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director: Sidney Lumet
•Producers: Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose
•Writer: Reginald Rose
•Music: Kenyon Hopkins
•Running time: 96 minutes
•Henry Fonda (Davis/Juror #8)
•Martin Balsam (Juror #1)
•John Fiedler (Juror #2)
•Lee J. Cobb (Juror #3)
•E.G. Marshall (Juror #4)
•Jack Klugman (Juror #5)
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Aug 16, 2011 · Frank Schaffner’s 1955 teleplay of 12 Angry Men, from the series Studio One, featuring an introduction by Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Media. Production history of 12 Angry Men, from teleplay to big-screen classic. Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet.
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Nov 22, 2011 · In 2010, associate justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor, appearing at the Forum on Law, Culture & Society at Fordham Law School, told the audience that 12 Angry Men, which she first saw in college, influenced her decision to pursue a career in law. All the impassioned turmoil in the film somehow gave it a long life.
12 Angry Men began life as Reginald Rose’s 1954 television play for US network CBS, and gave young TV director Sidney Lumet his first shot at feature directing, launching a half-century career that concluded with another crime drama, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007).
