On the Norman Lear CBS sitcom All in the Family, Edith Bunker ( Jean Stapleton) is the lone juror who questioned the evidence against the defendant, despite the pressure from her bigoted socialite co-juror ( Doris Singleton) in the first-season episode, "Edith Has Jury Duty". Edward Binns as Juror 6, a tough but principled and courteous house painter who objects to others, especially the elderly, being verbally abused.

It's kind of sad how relatable this book is in today's world even though the story was produced in the 50s.Henry Fonda as Juror 8 (Davis), a humane, justice-seeking architect and father of three; initially, the only one to question the evidence and vote "not guilty". By the end of the film, nearly everyone is shown in closeup, using telephoto lenses from a lower angle, which decreases or "shortens" depth of field. A new edition of the landmark American play presents a compelling courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a boy accused of killing his father, where one man, a single hold-out juror, stands between the accused and capital punishment.

A 'guilty' verdict seems a foregone conclusion, but one member of the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and the courage to confront the ignorance and prejudice of some of his fellow jurors. Scott and Cicely Tyson), in the same socially conscious vein; but this book gives Reginald Rose his long-delayed credit for leading the way. The jurors discuss the testimony of the boy’s downstairs neighbor, an old man who claims to have heard the boy shout “I’m going to kill you” and had seen the boy run down the stairs after the murder. He wants to weigh the facts and examine the evidence and remove all doubt from his own mind as to the guilt of this boy, and in doing so, he changes the course of the case and reveals a great deal about the members of this panel.Vance, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mykelti Williamson, Edward James Olmos, Dorian Harewood, and Jack Lemmon. Which sounds alight until you find yourself trying to work out which Juror is on which side and what Juror is arguing what. Parsons, Louella, "Anita Ekberg Chosen for 'Mimi' Role", The Washington Post and Times-Herald, Washington, D. To this demand the movie makes upon us for attentive discernment, compare and contrast such winning entertainments as A Time to Kill or A Few Good Men, where the defendants’ race comfortably assures you in advance, if not of their innocence, at least of the movie’s favorable outcome.