12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men1957

Stars: Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: APPROVED
Runtime: 96 minutes

12 Angry Men is a 1957 film about a dissenting juror in a murder trial who slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. more »



Juror #8:
According to the testimony, the boy looks guilty... maybe he is. I sat there in court for six days listening while the evidence built up. Everybody sounded so positive, you know, I... I began to get a peculiar feeling about this trial. I mean, nothing is that positive. There're a lot of questions I'd have liked to ask. I don't know, maybe they wouldn't have meant anything, but... I began to get the feeling that the defense counsel wasn't conducting a thorough enough cross-examination. I mean, he... he let too many things go by... little things that...

Juror #10:
What little things? Listen, when these fellas don't ask questions it's because they know the answers already and they figure they'll be hurt.

Juror #8:
Maybe. It's also possible for a lawyer to be just plain stupid, isn't it? I mean it's possible.

Juror #7:
You sound like you met my brother-in-law.

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