Twelve Angry Men 1997

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Twelve Angry Men ★★½ 1997 (PG-13)

Cable TV update of the 1954 “Studio One” teleplay/1957 movie (both written by Rose) that brings together an allmale jury (now with four black jurors) to decide the fate of a Latino murder suspect. Lemmon has the Henry Fonda role of the juror with reasonable doubts, determined to provide a fair hearing. 117m/C VHS . George C. Scott, Jack Lemmon, Hume Cronyn, Tony Danza, Mykelti Williamson, Edward James Olmos, Courtney B. Vance, Ossie Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood, James Gandolfini, William L. Petersen, Mary McDonnell, Douglas Spain; D: William Friedkin; W: Reginald Rose. CABLE

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