The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Acting
Twelve performances so lived-in you forget it's scripted.
Direction
Lumet's lens drops from high and wide to tight and suffocating.
Writing
Every objection lands like a gut punch.
Director
Sidney Lumet
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