A 1957 American courtroom drama in which a single juror's doubts about a homicide case slowly turn the room toward acquittal across one summer afternoon.
Production
Sidney Lumet made his feature directing debut with the film, adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1954 teleplay. The production shot in 21 days for around $340,000, with nearly the entire film unfolding in a single jury room.
Reception
The film struggled at the box office on initial release but received three Academy Award nominations and strong reviews. Theatrical re-releases and home video brought it a much wider audience over the following decades.
Legacy
Lumet’s progressively tighter framing, cutting from wide lenses to long focal lengths as tempers fray, is studied as a model of confined-space direction. The film remains a fixture of civics curricula and law school courses on jury deliberation.
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