12 Angry Men

It is one movie that stands out with its amazing Screenplay, gripping Narration, magnificent Direction and some amazing performances.

Set in a a small room where twelve jurors sit to decide the fate of an 18 yr old boy accused of killing his father with a knife. All witnesses are against him including an eye-witness who saw him do it, and another who saw him run away just 15 seconds after the killing took place. To complicate things , the boy pleads not guilty as he claims to be at a movie the whole time. But, it sounds like a hollow alibi since he cannot recollect the movie he saw nor who starred in it.

The judge has a order that the jury should be unanimous and if the boy is guilty as charged then he has to be sent to the chair without any questions asked.

The movie starts with the jury pretty convinced that the boy is guilty and only one jury (Henry Fonda) stands for not guilty. He says he really doesnot know if the boy is guilty or not , he is unsure but he doesnot want to sent him to chair without a fair discussion.

He doesnot even have a single valid point and with all the evidence and witnesses acting against the bot , it seems he has a tough job at hand.

but slowly as the film advances he starts tearing all evidences into peices and succeds at convincing half of the jury. The other half is still unmoved and it looks as if it is leading to a hung jury.

This is when the movie gets really captivating . They take the two eye-witness's testimony and gradually prove it to be under reasonable doubtAt the end of the movie all jurors remove their personal preferences and prejudices aside to give a unanimous "not guilty" verdict.

the movie is set in asinle room and a small rest room for all but three minutes and has twelve faces. Most of them not so known except ofcourse Henry fonda and to an extent Martin Balsam and Lee J Cobb. But i can Promise you it is as good a movie as it can get.