Twelve Angry Men (1954)

Name: Twelve Angry Men
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Released: 1954-09-20
Rating: 7.898
Cast: Robert Cummings, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Paul Hartman, John Beal

DramaTV Movie

51 min

Plot Summary

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.