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12 Angry Men

1957 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

8.6/10

Rating

97 min

Runtime

1957

Release Year

Sidney Lumet

Director

Cast

Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman

Quick Synopsis

The defense 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 soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Full Plot Summary of 12 Angry Men

The defense 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 soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

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