12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men is a 1997 teleplay adapted from the Reginald Rose play of the same title. The film is centered around twelve jurors who are deliberating a murder trial. The defendant is the teenage son of an abusive murdered father. After a particularly emotional confrontation, one evening, the defendant receives a slap across his face by his father, for reasons not directly stated in the movie. The defendant leaves his home and goes to a movie. He ... more

12 Angry Men is a 1997 teleplay adapted from the Reginald Rose play of the same title. The film is centered around twelve jurors who are deliberating a murder trial. The defendant is the teenage son of an abusive murdered father. After a particularly emotional confrontation, one evening, the defendant receives a slap across his face by his father, for reasons not directly stated in the movie. The defendant leaves his home and goes to a movie. He returns later and finds his father stabbed to death and police arrest him for the murder. The defendant is known for carrying the stiletto knife used in the stabbing and two eyewitnesses were known to have seen the defendant run from the apartment after the stabbing. At the start of the film, most are ready to find the young, Hispanic defendant guilty. However, one juror, played by Jack Lemmon, wishes to be thorough and starts to review all of the evidence. He demonstrates that the knife used in the stabbing, claimed to be rare by the... less