Someone here appealed to the movie "12 Angry Men" (1957). Regrettably, I don't remember who, but this said...

[NNadir]

...I want to thank whoever it was, because I watched it again yesterday.

I probably saw it last as a young man, and perhaps, on TV as a child (with commercials).

It is one of the most beautiful films ever made and it is about the good and the bad of citizenship, and it represents the America in which I have always wanted to believe, even if there were times that I couldn't believe in that America.

Twelve men, including one possessed of the deepest sense of decency (played by Henry Fonda) who works for Justice.

So whoever it is who inspired me to watch it again, THANK YOU!!!!! There couldn't have been a better movie to watch in this time.

[The Blue Flower]

1. Agreed--now watch A Face in the Crowd

Starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neale, directed by Elia Kazan. Another one that speaks to our time.

[marble falls]

2. The remake was good, but this is one those gold standard movies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1997_film)

12 Angry Men is a 1997 American made-for-television drama film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by Reginald Rose from his original 1954 teleplay of the same title. It is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name. The film aired on August 17, 1997 on Showtime.


Courtney B. Vance
Ossie Davis
George C. Scott
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Dorian Harewood
James Gandolfini
Tony Danza
Jack Lemmon
Hume Cronyn
Mykelti Williamson
Edward James Olmos
William Petersen

For other productions, see Twelve Angry Men.
"Twelve Angry Men"
Westinghouse Studio One episode
Episode no. Season 7
Episode 1
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Written by Reginald Rose
Original air date September 20, 1954
Running time 60 minutes
Guest appearances

Robert Cummings as Juror #8
Franchot Tone as Juror #3
Edward Arnold as Juror #10
Paul Hartman as Juror #7
John Beal as Juror #2
Walter Abel as Juror #4




"Twelve Angry Men" is a 1954 teleplay directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and written by Reginald Rose for the American anthology television series Studio One. It follows the titular twelve members of a jury as they deliberate a supposedly clear-cut murder trial, and details the tension among them when one juror argues that the defendant might not be guilty. Initially staged as a CBS live production on September 20, 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title, and as a feature film in 1957 titled 12 Angry Men. The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Schaffner, and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.[1][2][3]

For other productions, see Twelve Angry Men.
"Twelve Angry Men"
Westinghouse Studio One episode
Episode no. Season 7
Episode 1
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Written by Reginald Rose
Original air date September 20, 1954
Running time 60 minutes
Guest appearances

Robert Cummings as Juror #8
Franchot Tone as Juror #3
Edward Arnold as Juror #10
Paul Hartman as Juror #7
John Beal as Juror #2
Walter Abel as Juror #4

I'd like to have seen that one, too.