
12 Angry Men
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.
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1997★ 7.7
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2019★ 7.9
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1961★ 8.0
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1960★ 7.7
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1955★ 6.4
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