The judge instructs them that if there is any reasonable doubt, the jurors are to return a verdict of not guilty if found guilty, the defendant will receive a mandatory death sentence via the electric chair. In the overheated jury room of the New York County Courthouse, a jury prepares to deliberate the case of an impoverished 18-year-old accused of stabbing his abusive father to death. In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is regarded by many as one of the greatest films ever made. The film was selected as the second-best courtroom drama ever (after 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird) by the American Film Institute for their AFI's 10 Top 10 list. The film is also notable for its almost exclusive use of one set, where all but three minutes of the film takes place. The film forces the audience to evaluate their own self-image through observing the personalities, experiences, and actions of the jurors. The jury members are identified only by number no names are revealed until an exchange of dialogue at the very end. Marshall, and Jack Warden.ฤก2 Angry Men explores many techniques of consensus-building and the difficulties encountered in the process among this group of men whose range of personalities adds to the intensity and conflict.
It stars Henry Fonda (who also produced the film with Reginald Rose), Lee J. The film tells the story of a jury of 12 men as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of a person charged with murder on the basis of reasonable doubt disagreement and conflict among them force the jurors to question their morals and values. 12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose.