12 angry men: millions of happy viewers...

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2000)

Henry Fonda stars in this electrifying drama that takes place almost entirely in a closed jury room. A teenager is on trial for the murder of his father and will get the chair if found guilty. The jury takes an early vote and it seems that Fonda is stands alone in voting "not guilty." Now, he has the challenge of trying to win the others over to his side. A tight script and an explosive performance by Lee J. Cobb make this a true classic. Fonda is great as the mild-mannered protagonist to Cobb's fiery antagonist. A great cast fills out the rest of the jury, including John Fiedler, a very young Jack Klugman and Jack Warden, Robert Webber, E.G. Marshall, and Martin Balsam as the head juror.