Actor Joseph Sweeney (1884)

12 Angry Men (1957) is an American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. On a hot summer day in the New York County Courthouse, a jury prepares to deliberate the case of an impoverished 18-year-old boy accused of killing his abusive father. The judge instructs them that if there is any reasonable doubt, they must return a verdict of ‘not guilty’. Otherwise, the defendant will face a mandatory death sentence via the electric chair. The verdict must be unanimous. Initially, the evidence seems ...