12 Angry Men (7/10) Movie CLIP - Down & In (1957) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Jurors #3 (Lee J. Cobb), #5 (Jack Klugman) and #11 (George Voskovec) debate how the Defendant might have used the switchblade by demonstrating on Juror #8 (Henry Fonda).

FILM DESCRIPTION:
A Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder, accused of knifing his father to death. The twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been admonished that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction, each for reasons of his own. The sole holdout is Juror #8, played by Henry Fonda. As Fonda persuades the weary jurors to re-examine the evidence, we learn the backstory of each man. Juror #3 (Lee J. Cobb), a bullying self-made man, has estranged himself from his own son. Juror #7 (Jack Warden) has an ingrained mistrust of foreigners; so, to a lesser extent, does Juror #6 (Edward Binns). Jurors #10 (Ed Begley) and #11 (George Voskovec), so certain of the infallibility of the Law, assume that if the boy was arrested, he must be guilty. Juror #4 (E.G. Marshall) is an advocate of dispassionate deductive reasoning. Juror #5 (Jack Klugman), like the defendant a product of "the streets," hopes that his guilty vote will distance himself from his past. Juror #12 (Robert Webber), an advertising man, doesn't understand anything that he can't package and market. And Jurors #1 (Martin Balsam), #2 (John Fiedler) and #9 (Joseph Sweeney), anxious not to make waves, "go with the flow." The excruciatingly hot day drags into an even hotter night; still, Fonda chips away at the guilty verdict, insisting that his fellow jurors bear in mind those words "reasonable doubt." A pet project of Henry Fonda's, Twelve Angry Men was his only foray into film production; the actor's partner in this venture was Reginald Rose, who wrote the 1954 television play on which the film was based. Carried over from the TV version was director Sidney Lumet, here making his feature-film debut. A flop when it first came out (surprisingly, since it cost almost nothing to make), Twelve Angry Men holds up beautifully when seen today. It was remade for television in 1997 by director William Friedkin with Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1957)
Cast: Martin Balsam, Ed Begley, Ed Binns, Lee J. Cobb, John Fiedler, Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, Robert Webber
Director: Sidney Lumet
Producers: Henry Fonda, George Justin, Reginald Rose
Screenwriter: Reginald Rose

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[bbenjoe]

Juror 5, who demonstrates the correct use of the switchblade, was the last surviving member of the cast.
Jack Klugman (1922-2012)

[billnumber]

It's not shown here, but at least part of this moment belongs to juror number two (John Fielder). For most of the film, he went along with the majority of people voting guilty, but as the story progressed, he became more confident and less afraid to say what he truly felt. This newfound confidence led to him bringing up the controversy about the downward stab wound, which led to juror 5 remembering that anyone who was experienced with a switch knife would only use it underhanded.

[bbenjoe]

In this film everything being said is important. Every bit of information.

[seamusburke]

0:20 I love how all the other jurors freak out despite #3 and #8 being rather cool about it, despite their previous animosity.

[jongon]

"Now this is the way I'd...stab a man who was taller than I was"
I love that brief pause. It's as if even he's having a hard time convincing himself that he's right. Such brilliant acting and delivery from Lee J Cobb.

[jamesdrynan]

Jack Klugman said he loved working on this film. He stated that everyone was paid the same money, ( $900/wk, ) with two intensive weeks of rehearsal and 4 weeks shooting. " Everybody was there every minute of every day. "

[vegetasolo]

In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant

[bearcattony]

0:40. I like how he just sticks the knife in #8's pocket like that.

[mephostopheles]

What’s brilliant about this movie is that it’s a mystery whose true answer really doesn’t matter. What matter’s isn’t whether the boy is guilty or innocent, but rather if the jurors can prove conclusively that he IS guilty. It’s all fine and dandy to say that someone PROBABLY did something, but that doesn’t mean they did. It doesn’t even mean necessarily that you actually BELIEVE they did it.

Incredible film. Hardly been one like it since.

[allys]

0:18 always cracks me up. Everyone thought #3 was going to really stab #8

[Aurik-Kal-Durin]

"I change my vote to 'Not Guilty'."

The SpongeBob Guy: *"You WHAT!?!"*

[BlakeFerret]

That baseball game juror just infuriates me for some reason.

[Intel-i-k]

The rain and the heat were so iconic in this movie too, quite a master piece of cinematics.

[DukeDarkshadow]

Unfortunately, this clip cuts out right before one of my favorite parts of the movie. When #11 belittles #7 for unjustly changing his vote.

[syntheticvocalist-p]

I can’t Even Begin go describe how smart this movie

[JonathonJackson]

Juror 5: "All this talk about knife wounds has got me thinking.... maybe I should become a forensic pathologist someday."

[evangremlich]

I really like the natural way this movie brings up the same point multiple times. Juror #8 had already stated how often "I'm going to kill you" doesn't mean anything in casual conversation, then he proves that point when he provokes #3 into making that very statement. Then in this scene, #3 really has the chance to attack #8 and everyone else thinks he's going to do that, but he doesn't. Thus proving that point even more about "I'm going to kill you" often being meaningless.

[doonsbury]

One question I'd like to throw out for anyone think of 12 actors from recent times who could all mesh their performances together and hold, and entertain, an audience in a film that takes place entirely in 1 room, as well as these 12 did?

[classics]

I love how everybody panics for a moment when Juror 3 moves the knife toward Juror 8. I think everyone in the audience shares their panic in that moment because it’s been firmly established how much Juror 3 hates Juror 8 and his temper is so violent that at this point we almost wouldn’t put it past him for actually stabbing Juror 8. But the fact that he doesn’t reminds us and them that he’s still human.

[saliv]

I’ve performed the play version of this in high school, but Lee J. Cobb did such a fantastic job that I thought he might actually attack #8 the first time I watched this.