12 Angry Men

1957 · 1h37 · Film

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Starring Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Reginald Rose

Music

Kenyon Hopkins

Cinematography

Boris Kaufman

Cast

E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, Jiří Voskovec, Robert Webber

Updated July 22, 2026

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