Twelve Angry Men (Westinghouse Studio One)

"Twelve Angry Men"

Studio One episode

Episode no.

Season 7
Episode 1

Directed by

Franklin Schaffner

Written by

Written especially for Studio One by Reginald Rose

Produced by

Felix Jackson

Original air date

September 20, 1954

Running time

60 minutes

Guest appearance(s)

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

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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 September 20, 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.

Sweeney and Voskovec repeated their parts in the 1957 film.

The performance received generally positive reviews. Steve Rhodes wrote when reviewing it in 1997:

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