Summary Of 12 Angry Men Act 1 Scene 1

Summary The opening scene begins with a man sprinting out of a bar, followed shortly after by a half-dressed woman. The man is then scene calling 911 and reporting a rape, while the woman hails down a random truck and gets in. In the next scene we learn of the main character Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster) as she reports to the medical staff at the hospital that she has been raped. They conduct an evidence collection, and shortly after Tobias is introduced to Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) who is her District Attorney. Also introduced is Detective Dunkin (Terry Mulligan), and both he and Murphy inform Tobias that they need to return to the bar in order to identify the attackers.
Once inside Tobias identifies her three attackers, whom are taken into custody. In the next scene Murphy is scene driving Tobias home, during which, the two get to know each other. Tobias retreats to her home for the night where she is met by her emotionally dead boyfriend whom seems to be of no
New witnesses are found and enough evidence is gathered to take three new men (all bystanders who encouraged the rape) to trial. In the beginning of the trial, Tobias gives her statement reliving the horrible night in great detail. Murphy questions her and a strong statement is made to the jury of what these men are capable of. The defense tries to question her, but makes little progress in doing so. A new dilemma is reached when the man who made the 911 call deliberates on whether he wants to testify or not. One the attackers turns out to be his friend, making it difficult for him to do the right thing. In the end he testifies to what truly happened that night, the film shows it in a gruesome flashback of the gang rape that took place that night. The jury finds the three new men all guilty, this also adds an additional five-year sentence to the the original threes nine-month