1957-04-10 • 1h 37m

Life is in their hands — Death is on their minds!

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.

Directors

Sidney Lumet

Editors

Carl Lerner