Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet, director of 12 Angry Men, did a phenomenal job expressing the depiction of an adaptation of the theatre production. A 12- man jury are sent into a room to discuss the topics laid out in court, referring to a young, Puerto Rican, man supposedly killing his father. The defendant’s alibi is weak, and the murder weapon was found at the scene. Several witnesses have seen the defendant fleeing the scene. On this excruciating hot day, the men begin laying down the law, and looking at the evidence laid out in front of them. Out of the twelve jurors, eleven voted guilty, one voted not guilty. Juror number eight, Mr. Davis, cast the vote so the discussion of the night of the murder would continue to flow. The case was an “open-closed” case,