During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.
Acting
George C. Scott's volcanic Juror 3 is unhinged mastery.
Direction
Friedkin cranks claustrophobia until walls sweat.
Writing
Reginald Rose's script still cuts like a switchblade.
Director
William Friedkin
Courtney B. Vance
Foreman
Ossie Davis
Juror 2
George C. Scott
Juror 3
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Juror 4
Dorian Harewood
Juror 5
James Gandolfini
Juror 6
Tony Danza
Juror 7
Jack Lemmon
Juror 8
Hume Cronyn
Juror 9
Mykelti Williamson
Juror 10
Edward James Olmos
Juror 11
William Petersen
Juror 12
Mary McDonnell
Judge
Tyrees Allen
Guard
Douglas Spain
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on Showtime but Friedkin shot it like a theatrical feature, using three cameras simultaneously to capture spontaneous actor collisions.
Unlike Lumet's 1957 original, this version explicitly casts Black actors (Vance, Davis, Harewood) making racial subtext unavoidable text — the jury reflects America, not just 'men'.
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