12 Angry Men (1957)
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- Approved
- 1h 36min
- Crime, Drama
- 10 Apr 1957 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 9 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Martin Balsam | ... |
Juror 1
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John Fiedler | ... |
Juror 2
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Lee J. Cobb | ... |
Juror 3
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E.G. Marshall | ... |
Juror 4
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Jack Klugman | ... |
Juror 5
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Edward Binns | ... |
Juror 6
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Jack Warden | ... |
Juror 7
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Henry Fonda | ... |
Juror 8
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Joseph Sweeney | ... |
Juror 9
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Ed Begley | ... |
Juror 10
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George Voskovec | ... |
Juror 11
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Robert Webber | ... |
Juror 12
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Rudy Bond | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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Tom Gorman | ... |
Stenographer (uncredited)
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James Kelly | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Billy Nelson | ... |
Court Clerk (uncredited)
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John Savoca | ... |
The Accused (uncredited)
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Walter Stocker | ... |
Man Waiting for Elevator (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sidney Lumet |
Written by
Reginald Rose | ... | (teleplay "Twelve Angry Men") |
Reginald Rose | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Henry Fonda | ... | producer |
George Justin | ... | associate producer |
Reginald Rose | ... | producer |
Music by
Kenyon Hopkins |
Cinematography by
Boris Kaufman | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Carl Lerner |
Art Direction by
Bob Markell | ... | (as Robert Markel) |
Makeup Department
Herman Buchman | ... | makeup |
Production Management
Steve Bono | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Don Kranze | ... | assistant director (as Donald Kranze) |
Art Department
Karl Oskar Blase | ... | poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1963) |
Rolf Goetze | ... | poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) |
Sound Department
James A. Gleason | ... | sound |
Al Gramaglia | ... | re-recording mixer (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Saul Midwall | ... | operative cameraman |
Muky | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Music Department
Kenyon Hopkins | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Faith Hubley | ... | script supervisor (as Faith Elliott) |
Production Companies
- Orion-Nova Productions (copyright)
Distributors
- United Artists (1957) (United States) (theatrical) (as A United Artists Presentation)
- Dear Film (1957) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés S.A.B. (1957) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés (1957) (France) (theatrical)
- Nova Film (1957) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1957) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1957) (Argentina) (theatrical) (as Artistas Unidos)
- United Artists (1957) (Finland) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1957) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1958) (Norway) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1958) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1958) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Shochiku Select (1959) (Japan) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1959) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1967) (Finland) (tv)
- Magnetic Video (1981) (United States) (VHS)
- RCA (II) (1981) (United States) (video) (CED VideoDisc)
- RCA VideoDiscs (1981) (United States) (VHS)
- Italia 1 (1984) (Italy) (tv)
- CBS/Fox (1985) (United States) (VHS)
- Key Video (1985) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1986) (Australia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1986) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- The Criterion Collection (1987) (United States) (video) (Laserdisc)
- Warner Home Video (1987) (United States) (video) (Laserdisc)
- Canal+ (1989) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1990) (United States) (video) (Laserdisc)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- ARTE (1994) (France) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1996) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1998) (Japan) (video) (Laserdisc)
- Orion Pictures (1998) (United States) (video) (Laserdisc)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- SF Home Entertainment (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Emerald (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2011) (United States) (DVD)
- New Star (2013) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Deltamac Co. (2013) (Taiwan) (Blu-ray)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2013) (Hong Kong) (Blu-ray)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2013) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (Netherlands) (Blu-ray)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Twentieth Century Fox (2013) (Ireland) (Blu-ray)
- Twentieth Century Fox (2013) (Japan) (Blu-ray)
- Twentieth Century Fox (2013) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2014) (United States) (DVD)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2014) (India) (Blu-ray)
- Twentieth Century Fox (2014) (Italy) (Blu-ray)
- Magic Box (2016) (Czechia) (Blu-ray)
- Filmconfect Home Entertainment (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Shanghai Epic Music Entertainment (2018) (China) (Blu-ray)
- Summer Classics (2020) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2020) (Brazil) (Blu-ray)
- Versátil (2020) (Brazil) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Home Video (2021) (Japan) (Blu-ray)
- Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)
- The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Varus Video (Russia) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (acknowledgement)
- Solters & Digney (publicity)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
The defense and the prosecution have rested, and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and 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 |
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Taglines | It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $350,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Director Sidney Lumet had the actors all stay in the same room for several hours on end and do their lines over and over without filming them. This was to give them a real taste of what it would be like to be cooped up in a room with the same people. See more » |
Goofs | Within the last half hour of the movie, the clock on the wall in the jury room can be seen indicating 6:15. Several minutes later, E.G. Marshall states that it is "a quarter after six". Several minutes after that, the wall clock is seen again, but still shows 6:15. Still later, when Lee J. Cobb leans over the table after he tears up the snapshot from his wallet, his watch can be seen indicating 5:10. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy (2012). See more » |
Soundtracks | Dance of the Cuckoos See more » |
Crazy Credits | At the end of the film, the actors are billed in order of their juror numbers; thus Henry Fonda, although the star of the film, appears 8th. See more » |
Quotes |
Juror #8:
Let me ask you this: Do you really think the boy'd shout out a thing like that so the whole neighborhood could hear him? I don't think so - he's much too bright for that. Juror #10: Bright? He's a common ignorant slob. He don't even speak good English. Juror #11: [who has a foreign accent] He *doesn't* speak good English. See more » |