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)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Twelve average New York males convene in a very small jury room on a very hot day in order to reach a verdict in a murder trial. Almost everyone wants to vote guilty and get on with their lives except for Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda), a conscientious citizen who insists on establishing reasonable doubt. Arguments are made, cigarettes are smoked, murder weapons examined, diagrams drawn, and prejudices revealed. Firm opinions weaken and reverse; voices get raised, the clock ticks, and a ghetto kid's life hangs in the balance. (official distributor synopsis)
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Photo © 1957 United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
![12 Angry Men - Photos - Jack Warden, E.G. Marshall, Henry Fonda, Ed Begley, Robert Webber, Jack Klugman, George Voskovec, Martin Balsam, Joseph Sweeney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/158/122/158122632_6efe8f.jpg)
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)