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.
cast
Martin Balsam Juror 1
John Fiedler Juror 2
Lee J. Cobb Juror 3
E.G. Marshall Juror 4
Jack Klugman Juror 5
Edward Binns Juror 6
Jack Warden Juror 7
Henry Fonda Juror 8
Joseph Sweeney Juror 9
Ed Begley Juror 10
George Voskovec Juror 11
Robert Webber Juror 12
Rudy Bond Judge (uncredited)
Tom Gorman Stenographer (uncredited)
James Kelly Guard (uncredited)
Billy Nelson Court Clerk (uncredited)
John Savoca The Accused (uncredited)
Walter Stocker Man Waiting for Elevator (uncredited)
crew
Producer Henry Fonda
Director Sidney Lumet
Screenplay Reginald Rose
Producer Reginald Rose
Story Reginald Rose
Associate Producer George Justin
Original Music Composer Kenyon Hopkins
Conductor Kenyon Hopkins
Director of Photography Boris Kaufman
Editor Carl Lerner
Art Direction Robert Markel
Makeup Artist Herman Buchman
Sound James A. Gleason
Camera Operator Saul Midwall
Script Supervisor Faith Hubley
Assistant Director Don Kranze
Country: United States of America
Studio & Production Companies: Orion-Nova Productions United Artists
Runtime: 97 minutes
Release Date: 1957-04-10
