12 Angry Men

Rating: 9/10 (1 May 2017)

12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose
this trial film tells the story of a jury made up of 12 men as they deliberate the guilt or acquittal of a defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt. In the United States, a verdict in most criminal trials by jury must be unanimous. The film is notable for its almost exclusive use of one set 12 Angry Men explores many techniques of consensus-building and the difficulties encountered in the process, among a group of men whose range of personalities adds intensity and conflict. No names are used in the film: the jury members are identified by number until two of them exchange names at the very end, the defendant is referred to as "the boy" and the witnesses as "the old man" and "the lady across the street".