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12 Angry Men

1957 film directed by Sidney Lumet
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12 Angry Men
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Summary

12 Angry Men is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,408 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Reginald Rose[3]
  • Award received: Golden Bear[4], Grand Prix[5], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[6], BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor[7]
  • Director: Sidney Lumet[8]
  • Screenwriter: Reginald Rose[9]
  • Composer: Kenyon Hopkins[10]
  • Genre: drama film[11], trial film[12], huis-clos film[13]
  • Based on: Twelve Angry Men[14]
  • Cast member: Martin Balsam[15], John Fiedler[16], Lee J. Cobb[17], E. G. Marshall[18], Jack Klugman[19], Edward Binns[20], Jack Warden[21], Henry Fonda[22], Joseph Sweeney[23], Ed Begley[24], George Voskovec[25], Robert Webber[26], Rudy Bond[27], Billy Nelson[28]
  • Producer: Henry Fonda[29], Reginald Rose[30]
  • Director of photography: Boris Kaufman[31]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Commons category: 12 Angry Men (1957 film)[34]
  • Review score: 4/4[35], 9.0/10[36], 9.1/10[37], 100%[38], 97/100[39], 4.6/5[40]
  • Color: black-and-white[41]
  • Country of origin: United States[42]
  • Publication date: April 10, 1957[43], April 13, 1957[44], April 18, 1957[45], June 21, 1957[46], July 1957[47], July 29, 1957[48], August 14, 1957[49], August 19, 1957[50], August 1957[51], September 4, 1957[52], October 10, 1958[53]
  • Distributed by: MOKÉP[54]
  • Significant event: principal photography[55]
  • Narrative location: Manhattan[56]
  • Filming location: United States[57]
  • Main subject: capital punishment[58], jury trial[59], distinction[60]
  • Film editor: Carl Lerner[61]

Why It Matters

12 Angry Men has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

FAQs

What awards did 12 Angry Men receive?

Honors received include Golden Bear[4], Grand Prix[5], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[6], and BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor[7].

Related Entities

Ed Begley film Henry Fonda Jack Klugman Jack Warden Lee J. Cobb Martin Balsam Netflix Sidney Lumet United States Zanzibar City

References

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  28. [7] ↑ . awards.bafta.org. awards.bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . rogerebert.com. Retrieved . rogerebert.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . rottentomatoes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . Letterboxd. wikidata.org.
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  58. [60] ↑ . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  2. 4w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → 12 Angry Men (1957)
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  3. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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