Genres: Drama Countries: USA Actors: Martin Balsam Juror #1 John Fiedler Juror #2 Lee J. Cobb Juror #3 E.G. Marshall Juror #4 Jack Klugman Juror #5 Ed Binns Juror #6 Jack Warden Juror #7 Henry Fonda Juror #8 Joseph Sweeney Juror #9 Ed Begley Juror #10 George Voskovec Juror #11 Robert Webber Juror #12 Rudy Bond Judge James Kelly Guard Billy Nelson Court Clerk Directors: Sidney Lumet IMDB Rating: 8.8 out of 10 (69541 votes)

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The defence 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 of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors’ prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room. Written by pjk {PETESID@VNET.IBM.COM}

“12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis’ bases his vote more so for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors’ complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis’ attempts in convincing the other jurors that a “not guilty” verdict might be appropriate. Written by Brian Rathjen {briguy_52732@yahoo.com}

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