The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is applying toenter the jury room to decide if a young Hispanic man guilty orinnocent of murdering his father. What started as an open and shutmurder case soon became a mini-drama of each juror bias and prejudicethe trial, the defendant, and each other. Based on play, all the actiontakes place in the jury room on the stage.
A dissenting juror ina murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case isnot as obviously clear as it seemed in court.
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Writers:
Reginald Rose (teleplay), Reginald Rose (screenplay)
Release Date:
29 July 1957 (Sweden)