Twelve Angry Men (20 Sep. 1954)
"Studio One" Twelve Angry Men (original title)

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer:

Reginald Rose (written especially for Studio One by)

Stars:

Robert Cummings, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Robert Cummings	...	Juror #8
Franchot Tone	...	Juror #3
Edward Arnold	...	Juror #10
Paul Hartman	...	Juror #7
John Beal	...	Juror #2
Walter Abel	...	Juror #4
George Voskovec	...	Juror #11
Joseph Sweeney	...	Juror #9
Bart Burns	...	Juror #6
Norman Fell	...	Juror #1 (as Norman Feld)
Lee Philips	...	Juror #5 (as Lee Phillips)
Larkin Ford	...	Juror #12 (as Will West)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Betty Furness	...	Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 1954 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joseph Sweeney and George Voskovec reprised their roles as Juror #9 and Juror #11, respectively, in the feature film version of 12 Angry Men.

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Connections

Remade as 12 Angry Men (1957)

User Reviews

live TV version which came before the famous film

This production of 'Twelve Angry Men', written especially for Studio One, is shorter than the film version and leaves a few twists and turns of plot undeveloped, but it is fifty minutes of class nevertheless.

Before we saw Henry Fonda and Lee J Cobb as Jurors 8 and 3, the roles were taken for television by Robert Cummings and Franchot Tone, and both are excellent. Alongside them are Edward Arnold, Walter Abel, and others including Joseph Sweeney who also appeared in the same role in the film version.

Performed live in a claustrophobic set, this version of Reginald Rose's play manages to create tension even within its short running time, although it isn't yet the case that the air conditioning isn't working, or the downpour of rain making one juror suddenly decide he wants to stay and not go to his ball game after all (here, the tickets are for a theatre outing to the Seven Year Itch).

Rediscovered after years of being feared lost, this superior TV drama suffers from a slightly poorer print and soundtrack than its contemporaries from the same series, but is still a fascinating comparison to the later screen version (and the 90s TV version).