12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men (1957)

1957-04-10 · 97 min · Rating 8.56/10 (9863 votes)

It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite!

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.

Drama

Keywords

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