The 12 angry men wear coats and ties and suspenders and hang their hats on the wall. They smoke and dab their perspiring foreheads with white handkerchiefs. We are in a different time and place.

1957’s 12 Angry Men has a simple premise, but the resolution to the courtroom drama is far more complicated than it seems on the surface. ... Juror 3 Has An Emotional Breakdown In The Jury Room .

Despite the few weak spots in the cast, Stanley B Theater’s production of 12 Angry Men provokes the mind with thoughtful direction and competent acting. The company doesn’t quite “re-imagine” the ...

The 12 Angry Men are a jury, ... Most of the action takes place in the one room on a hot summer day. The effect, rather than being confining, serves to heighten the drama.

Considering how eager most people are to avoid a jury summons, it’s a little surprising that one of the most enduring stories of the 20th century takes place entirely within the confines of ...

After Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2” and the elegant, modern-day twist it put on Sidney Lumet’s 1957 classic “12 Angry Men,” it’s now the turn of writer-directors Jim Sheridan and David Merriman to ...

Twelve men enter a Manhattan jury room late in the day in 1954, tasked with deciding the fate of a 16-year-old boy charged with killing his father. A guilty verdict carries the death sentence, and ...