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Twelve Angry Men

Twelve Angry Men

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 20, 1954

Runtime

0h 51m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

81%

Original Title

Twelve Angry Men

Production Companies

CBS

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Description

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.