12 Angry Men
9.0
“It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite!”
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
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Cast
18 people
Martin Balsam
Juror 1
Known for
Psycho
Breakfast at Tiffany's
John Fiedler
Juror 2
Known for
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Lee J. Cobb
Juror 3
Known for
The Exorcist
On the Waterfront
E.G. Marshall
Juror 4
Known for
The Tommyknockers
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Jack Klugman
Juror 5
Known for
Quincy, M.E.
Around the World in 80 Days
Edward Binns
Juror 6
Known for
North by Northwest
The Verdict
Jack Warden
Juror 7
Known for
All the President's Men
Problem Child
Henry Fonda
Juror 8
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Joseph Sweeney
Juror 9
Known for
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Fastest Gun Alive
Ed Begley
Juror 10
Known for
Hang 'em High
Billion Dollar Brain
George Voskovec
Juror 11
Known for
Somewhere in Time
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Robert Webber
Juror 12
Known for
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Sidney Lumet Director · Reginald Rose Screenplay Kenyon Hopkins Composer
Worldwide gross $4.4M · Budget $398K · United States release April 10, 1957
Box office
Budget
$397,751
Worldwide gross
$4,360,000
Gross vs. budget
11.0×
Production
Orion-Nova Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Ireland · April 10, 1957
Theatrical
United States · April 10, 1957
Theatrical
Argentina
November 7, 1957 · Theatrical
Australia
October 10, 1957 · Theatrical
Austria
December 20, 1957 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 10, 1958 · Theatrical
August 12, 2005 · Physical · VHS / DVD
Canada
April 13, 1957 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 24, 2016 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Denmark
May 18, 1959 · Theatrical
Finland
October 25, 1957 · Theatrical
France
September 4, 1957 · Theatrical
July 25, 2007 · Theatrical · re-release
Germany
June 21, 1957 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
August 14, 1957 · Theatrical · West Germany
November 5, 1975 · Theatrical · East Germany
Greece
September 30, 1957 · Theatrical
May 18, 2010 · Physical · DVD
August 22, 2013 · Theatrical · re-release
August 21, 2025 · Theatrical · re-release
Hungary
January 28, 1960 · Theatrical
India
January 15, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray
Israel
October 10, 1957 · Theatrical
Italy
September 4, 1957 · Theatrical
Japan
August 1, 1959 · Theatrical
Lithuania
August 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 1, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
October 25, 1957 · Theatrical
January 1, 2005 · Physical · DVD
January 17, 2008 · Theatrical · re-release
December 4, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
Norway
November 28, 1957 · Theatrical
Poland
November 1, 1959 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 28, 1957 · Theatrical
Russia
November 13, 1961 · Theatrical
South Africa
August 19, 1957 · Theatrical
Spain
February 3, 1958 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 29, 1957 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 1, 1957 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Türkiye
April 1, 1960 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 18, 1957 · Theatrical
March 19, 2001 · Physical · DVD
January 13, 2014 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
May 15, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray
Uruguay
November 21, 1957 · Theatrical
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