12 Angry men

12 Angry men

12 Angry men is a film directed by Sidney Lumet, produced by Reginald Rose and Henry Fonda and the film was written by Reginald Rose

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

The film lasts 96 minutes, it was made in the United States .

The release date is April 13, 1957

It is filmed with camera and it's in black and white.

Sidney Lumet was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit such as «Murder on the Orient express»; «Before the devil know you're dead» or «Dog day afternoon»...

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The story begins in a New York city couthouse: a boy is accused of having committed a murder, after twelve jurors have to decide whether he is guilty or not in a private room. If he is considered guilty, the sentence will be the death penalty.

All of the jurors vote “guilty,” except for the 8^th juror, who votes “not guilty”. Due to the requirement of a unanimous jury, this forces them to discuss the case…The 8^th juror describes all the details that make him doubt. Each time there is a new clue for the boy there is a flashback which shows us a scene of the murder's night.

It's really exciting because the more the film progresses, the more we feel the boy is innocent. The spectator feels like he is himself a juror. Progressively, there is an increasing number of jury having doubt on the boy's guiltiness. There is a lot of suspense and I like it.

I think this film is very interesting because 11 men could condemn to death a boy who is completely innocent because they are late somewhere or they are not very interested by the problem! In the US, many innocent people died.

Fortunately some people take the time to think...