Sidney Lumet

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, may be the most radical courtroom drama in cinema history. A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system that is as riveting as it is spare, this iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose’s teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the dissenting member on a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. The result is a saga of epic proportions that plays out over a tense afternoon in one sweltering room. Lumet’s electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature-film debuts.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1957
  • 96 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.66:1
  • English
  • Spine #591

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Television version from 1954 of 12 Angry Men, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner for the series Studio One, 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
  • Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet
  • Interview with screenwriter Walter Bernstein about 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
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum

    Cover by Sean Phillips

Purchase Options

Coming soon, available Sep 8, 2026

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Television version from 1954 of 12 Angry Men, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner for the series Studio One, 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
  • Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet
  • Interview with screenwriter Walter Bernstein about 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
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum

    Cover by Sean Phillips
12 Angry Men
Cast
Martin Balsam
Juror 1
John Fiedler
Juror 2
Lee J. Cobb
Juror 3
E. G. Marshall
Juror 4
Jack Klugman
Juror 5
Edward Binns
Juror 6
Jack Warden
Juror 7
Henry Fonda
Juror 8
Joseph Sweeney
Juror 9
Ed Begley
Juror 10
George Voskovec
Juror 11
Robert Webber
Juror 12
Credits
Director
Sidney Lumet
Writer
Reginald Rose
Producer
Henry Fonda
Producer
Reginald Rose
Associate producer
George Justin
Music
Kenyon Hopkins
Cinematographer
Boris Kaufman
Editor
Carl Lerner
Art director
Robert Markel
Sound
James A. Gleason
Makeup
Herman Buchman

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