12 angry men

Author

Sidney Lumet

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Two-DVD special ed.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)

Summary

A teenager is on trial, accused of killing his father. Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion, despite the seemingly overwhelming evidence against him?

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.

Special features: Frank Schaffner's 1955 television version, with an introduction by Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Media ; production history of 12 angry men, from teleplay to big-screen classic ; original theatrical trailer ; archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet ; interview with Simon about writer Reginald Rose ; "Tragedy in a temporary town" (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose ; interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Boris Kaufman.