12 Angry Men movie

A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.

It is about a jury member who must try to persuade the other 11 members to acquit the suspect on trial on the basis of reasonable doubt. The film is notable for its use of a single set: with the exception of three minutes of screen-time split between the beginning and the end and two short scenes in an adjoining washroom, the entire movie takes place in the jury room.The ensemble cast includes Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, John Fiedler, E.G.

Marshall, Jack Warden, Ed Binns, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, and Joseph Sweeney (his last appearance in motion pictures).Plot summaryThe story begins after closing arguments have been presented in a homicide case, as the judge is giving his instructions to the jury. As in any American criminal case, the twelve men must unanimously decide on a verdict of guilty or not guilty. (In the American justice system, failure to reach a unanimous verdict, a so-called "hung jury", results in a mistrial.) The accused in the case at bar pertains to whether the young man murdered his own father. The jury is further instructed that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence (something that could not happen in the current American legal system). These twelve then move to the jury room, where they begin to become acquainted with the personalities of their peers. Throughout their deliberation, not a single juror calls another by his name because the names are unknown, however, at the end, Sweeneys and Fondas characters tell their last names.

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12 Angry Men Cast

• E.G. Marshall
• Ed Begley
• Ed Binns
• George Voskovec
• Henry Fonda
• Jack Klugman
• Jack Warden
• John Fiedler
• Joseph Sweeney
• Lee J. Cobb
• Robert Webber