Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men, the movie version of a celebrated teleplay by Reginald Rose, takes a riveting cast of stage, television, and film actors, places them in one set, and for ninety blissful minutes lets them bully and bluster, insinuate and pontificate, and generally hold forth in dazzling fashion.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Released: 10 Apr 1957
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 96 min
Director: Sidney Lumet
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam
Writer(s): Reginald Rose
Plot: 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.
IMDB rating: 9.0
MetaScore: 97
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