3 i F i FRANCHOT TONE APlay in Three Acts Twelve Angry Men by REGINALD ROSE Stage Version by SHERMAN L. SERG! ‘Adapted from the Television Show of the Same Name Initially presented on ‘STUDIO ONE, CBS-TV < ‘THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO#286035, Notice Twelve Angry Men A Playin Tiree Att (HE attention ofall parchasers i directed to the follow- ing: This work is flly protected under the copyright {is Violations of the Copyright Law ace punishable by fine or imprionment, or both ‘The toyaly fee for One psformance of this play by ama (CHARACTERS teurs is thirty-five dollars ($35.00). Arrangements must be = made in advance of the performance. 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He is easly swayed and urully adopts the opinion of the last person &® ‘whom he has spoken, ‘JUROR NO, THREE: He isa very strong, very forceful, ex- tremely opinionated man within whom can be detected & streak of stdiam, Also, he is humorless man who is intolerant of opinions other than his own, and accustomed to forcing his ‘wishes and views upon others. ‘JUROR NO, FOUR: He seems to be a man of wealth and pottion, and a practiced speaker who presents himself well at All times, He seems to feel a litle bit above the rest of the jurors. His oaly concern is with the facts i this case and he {8 appalled withthe behavior of the others. [JUROR No, Five: He isa maive, very frightened young man ‘who takes his obligations in this case very seriously but who finds ie dificult to speak up when his elders have the for. ‘JUROR NO. st: He is an honest but dullovitted man who ‘coins upon his decisions slowly and carefull. He is a man ‘who finds it dificult to create postive opinions, but who mast Tinten to and digest and accept those opinions offered by others ‘which appeal to him mest. {JUROR NO, SEVEN: He is a loud, ashy, glad-handed sales- sn type who har more important things fo do thant ct on 2 jury. He is quick to show temper and equally quick to form ‘opinions on things about which he knows nothing. He is a bully, and, of couse «coward JUROR NO, HHT: Hei qui, dough, gentle man — 4. wh eal ide feet ston sd os es tr, He i an of sagt tempered with compesion ‘Above lhe su mun who wants ante tbe doa, fight tose tat is JOAOR NO. NIE: He ia mil, gentle old man, loog since defeat by life and sow eel wating to de. He rosso himself for what he and cs the days when ould fave ben prnbl to Be couagenes wien hcg anal bind his muy ous, ‘JUROR NO. a: He isan angry, biter man—a min who asingniza almost at sight He aso «bigot who plc 90 ‘alu on aay Bunan Ife save ht own. Here fs tn who Ins been nowhere and is gong nowhere sod knows it decp within im, ‘JUROR NO. BLEVEN: He is refugee from Europe, He spe wa oat nd hand, bl sn hw wet tothe people ound hi. He wll hoes seck justice Same be sted tough vo mach nace wjuton No. Twruve: He ssc, bright averting man ‘wi thik of aman beng in tema of pce, raphe td polly, tod hat no ral taderoding Of pope, He ma ‘petal snob, tying tobe s good flow. Goo: Tht a pH a ey ag and wate 2 ‘ORTOMRE: The jurors wen everyday business lots st bie for suet. JUNo8 NO. PE wasn expiry ore suk Juton no, aves clothes tc faty.Jokon No, TWH ‘ress bt in good tteCHART OF STAGE POSITIONS STAGE POSITIONS Upnege mess say fren the fg, downs mens toward he fight and ight and et eed ehh er toast the aot nas Ea the maaan tes go teins fv meno tp, Deans down, ea toned thse slreitons ni aed in combination, ay vb foe oP right, nc fr night center,» Lc for down left coir ee Oe wl ate hat» pion designated on the age wes to 2 geet ety, rier than oven point NOTE: Before starting scheasals, chalk off your stage of sebearsal space as indicated above in the Chart of Stage Poti sions. Then teach your actors the meanings and postions of these fundamental terms of stage movement by having thee ‘walk from one postion to another until they are familiar with them, The use ofthese abbreviated terms in directing the play saves time, speeds up rehearals, and reduces the amount of explanation the director has to give to his actors. STAGE CHART Aaaaaad af mae ne PROPERTIES Ccnvrnat: Long conference table and twelve chs cectic clock, water cole, container for paper cup wastebasket, thre lhe stnigh cats, pas of paper, pene and assays fn tle Novas Some of the jor ‘cy cigneties and ‘Each juno so ive eases «Pipe aches nd pouch of Shc, ooking opm SEVEN: Pack Guano: ey for door, switch knife with tg, diagram of apartment THN: Handkerchief. Pou: Con handkerchief, gases ‘eer: Switch knife (enti to one brought ia by Guard). Teo! Bor of cough drops witch, glassy, handkerchief, PRODUCTION NOTE [Nothing adds more to the polish of a prodoction than the aguick picking up of cus. Unless there isa definite reason for 2 pause, tain your actors to come ia with their speeches “on the els,” so to speak, of the preceding speeches, When a production lags, audience interest likewise will lag. It is always advisable during the lst week of reheatsls to hold one or mote sessions during which the actors merely sit around in a circle fa go through lines only with the expres purpose of snapping up cues, 7ACT ONE A RISE OF CURTAIN: The crn comes upon dar tages thm se Ds sod tobe po aoe Tsetse ot ean eet sun (ofe) Mater te Ba deg... pemel ted Sam ae este ree Chia! cu, eu tare hed ong a fetes tn ono oy oe fue ac fe ny Onan hae A froin atle Wee sae ee ina gi af coed mot py fevhower he is ame ee thn he fn be fond uly, Wider eae sea there mat be nino tune rises oy snd oop. You we fal Svs sa Sih That gee {hee lng pase. Th igs now up fl nthe ry room That doervendsuhdoc mda eh room: Ontario 0s se athe Sele eg eer ole taps ered oth alta. Aenea Iii apg of ng do a hae thiol sigh cake Th ae cue eon, Ofte tll oti page aad eee ge eof te tte ae na howe ‘har abon ibe ite il ene mon of Pernt ae dred toed tet aig nein ‘ct placed wiht bas tad ee ee, sree mrtg shat oa ee) one Be tr of aT eg and oe ‘hen te pa Bde on tt yn Pit Nard ast face >pelo Twelve Angey Men al on the onside of tbe door, The GussD silks aos the room cod opin tiv wndow base lak done ot, of ae cnx fof oe). The jn wil ai. ton (eng avr being Bi eal) edo and ance [Mower rein) [be yonns flee, The cnn sads epg of the dot ind cms tem, Po rf of be or Ugh ies iy rer, onc Td gi ie ch be Stes ota, Joke Peo, Nt nd Pen go 0 tier coer o's Jokon san gro 1b de tnd spn 1 her Ti ve of the Jono beg fo tie snr round the ib hog tome of them and end ites ford, ib bi hand'on Ibe bak of th ea SJonon seven prdars «pach of pom nd afer «ceo ibemen bythe cer cole} s2ven, Chewing gum? Gam? Gun? NINE, Thank you, but 90. [JURORS TWO and TWELVE shake ‘heir beads} “srveN, Yknow something? ‘wELve. I know los of things. T'm in advertising, suven [tugging at collar}. Ylenow, i's hot WELVE [10 TWO, mildly varcstc), Teves woald have koown, that if he hada’ told me. Would you? srwo [missing sarcasm}. T suppose not. T' kind of forgotten, ‘TWELVE, All I've done all day is sweat. sunee [calling on]. I bet you acen't sweating lke that kid who was tried, sevEn, You'd think they'd at leat air-condition the place. T almost dropped dead in court. ‘wave, My txes are high enough. Seven. This should go Got, anyway. [Moves so tbe, ws einer ‘goes to window.) win [nodding to himself, then, a be throws bis paper water Hp ino watebasher, Yes, i's hot. Act Twelve Angry Men Page it cn lo reer ean shceiergee teeter oes i Race o af table}. They ip fc vi no ne alk pe wa eae ro et aay te mr eer heca eh oe a li EET an, ot te 3s oa wg i ti cote ate TDS A py ela lena. Sa wiih Te es gn Vivkocinn cami Syria ceed haan ace SEE Giant oe har be eat ae a ra wa ce ae aye md SSS biel i! rey nome c rg geet pe hs rg taro te ne wniarers TERI a md oe tr en sg a nePege 12 Twelve Angry Mea Act OUR, How does he do? FOREMAN (sSeking bis bead}. Not too well. Y'know, «friend ‘of his, that's a friend of my uncle, the tailor—well—thi jend wanted to be on this juey in my place. suveN, Why dida't you let him? T would have done anything to mis this FOREMAN. And get caught, or something? Y'know what kind ‘of a fine you could pay for anything like that? Anyway, this frend of my uncle's was on 2 jury once, about ten years ago—a case just about like this one. ‘TWELVE, So what happened? FOREMAN. They let him off. Reasonable doubt. And do know, about ight yeas later they found out that hed factually done it, anyway. A guilty man—a morderer—was turned loose inthe streets, ‘runeE, Did thy get him? our. They coulda’. ‘runes. Why aot? OUR. A man can't be held in double jeopardy. Unless i's a ‘nung jury, they cant ty a man twice forthe same crime, sevEN, That isn? going to happen here ‘THREE, Six days. They should have Binished it in two. [Slap- ping back of one band into palm of otber:} Talk! Talk! ‘Talk! [Gets np and starts for water cooler} Did you ever hear so much talk about nothing? THO [lnghing nesuly}. Welt guce—theyse en ‘umes. Everpbody gets a fuie trial... (Shater bie bead.] ‘That's the sytem. [Downe bit drink] Wel, 1 sappose you can't say anything against it. (Toiser bis water cap toward swastebaskes and misses, Two picks cup mp and pus it x wastebasket ap THRE returns 1 Bis sat) SEVEN [fo TEN]. How did you like that business about the knife? Did you ever hea a phonier story? TEN [wisely]. Well, look, youve gotta expect that. You know what youre dealing with, . SEVEN, He bought a switch knife that night. Act Twelve Angry Men Page 13 “aN [with aster) And then he lost it SEVEN. A hole in is pocket. TEN. A hole in is father. Two. Aa awful way till your father—2 knife in his chet [croies 0 tble} THN, Took atthe kind of people they are—you know them. [Get handkerchief ont again} SEVEN. What's the matter? You gota cold? TEN (Blowing). Aula! These hot weather colds cen kill you. SEVEN. Thad one las exe, while T ws on vacation, 0. ronswan (brsy], All ight, gentlemen, Lets ake Sas, SEVEN, Right. This beter be fst. Te got tickets to [Unsrt tame of any carrent Broadusey i-}—for tonight. 1 mast be the only guy in the word who han’ scent yet. (Laughs snd sis down, as do otbrs sill nos seated.) Okay, yout honor, tt the show. ; oust [1 Hct, wo i ill ooking out window), How bout siting dowa? [sir doer hear him.) The goat dman atthe window. (Hour tm, stale} How about sit. ting down? soir. Oh, Tom sory. [Sit at right end of table, opposite Foresate] ‘TEN. Is tough to Figur, inti? A kid kis hie father, Bing! Just like that, Wel the element. They lt the kids ran ‘wild, Maybe i serves ‘em ight oun. There ae biter proofs thin some emotion you may have—peshaps adie Tor some group. SsevEN Well agreed that it ws ot DINE. And thi or tempers will et shor. ‘ute, That's if we dsgeee—But this s open and shut, Let’ istit done rroRMAN. Allright. Now—you gentlemen can handle thie any way you want to. T mein, Im not going to make aay fs If we want to scsi stand the vote, thas one way. Or we can tte right now and ace how we snd SEVEN. Let's vote 08, Who knows, maybe we call go ‘omePage 14 Twelve Angry Mea Act 1 [TEN, Yeah, Let's se who's where THREE, Right. Les vote 0. HT. Allright. Let us vote. onsiian. Anybody doesn't want to vote? [Looks around ‘able, There is 4 pause ar ALL look at each obber.} SEVEN, That was easy FOREMAN. Olay. All those voting guilty raise your hands, [yunons rum, seven, TEN and TWELVE put their hands 1p instantly, The rorsMaN and TWO, Foun, FIVE and sok follow a second later, Then ELEVEN raies bis bend and a ‘moment later Nine puts bis hand xp.] Eight —aine—ten— leven—that's eleven for guilty. Okay. Not guilty? [aici’s Sand goes np. Att tn 191008 at bi} runs. Hey, you're in leftfield? FOREMAN, Olay. Fleven to one, Bleven guilty, one not gu ‘Now weknow whee ve stad. fi THREE [ring, fo HAR]. Do you relly belive he's not nicitr [guietly} 1 dost kaow, SEVEN [Jo FOREMAN]. After six days, he does't know. ‘TWELVE. In six days I could learn calculus, This is A, B, C. ‘roir. I doa't believe that it is simple as A, B, C. ‘THREE. [never saw a guiltier man in any life. [Sit agein.] ‘lotr. What does 2 guilty man look like? He is not guilty until we say he i gully. Are we to vote on his face? ‘rues. You sit right in court and heard the same things I did, ‘The man's a dangerous killer. You could see it nicer. Where do you look to sce if « man isa killer? THREE [iitated by bis}. Ob, well sear [with get nsec}. 1 woul ite to koow. Tell me what the facial characteristie of a killer are, know something I don’t kaow. aie our. Look! What is there about the case that makes you think the boy i innocent? ici, He's nineteen years od, ‘THREE. That's old enough. He knifed his own father, Four sal Twelve Angry Mea Page 13 Indes ito the chet, An innocent file nicteen year kid ou (to rms 1 gre with you tat the bay i gut ut Tee we sald ty to avord emotionally eooced argo een Al sgh They proved t+ down diferent ways, Do ox want net it hen? ni, No. Tin [raeg, puting bir fot om seat of chair and siting om ad of fen to mee), Well, do you belive tat spi sory he tle? oon fr 5), Now, om, Jan bo you ble te bits sory? : To ont know whee lee itor ant. Maybe I don't Some owt donot ot ne See, There wer leven vous for gully’ ots sy for Tar is my hand and end boy of die wit alk Ing abot sev Who sage ny foe me? oun, Orme? fret, Noone . FORA, He's sil joss gly, whether i's an exy vote rad vote sevin [belligerent 1s there somthing wrong becae 1 ed fst sce, Not secs . Evin Thoth guys gly. You colt cunge my ind if you tall for s handed yeas nc, T dont wat to change your id {unr Jat what ate you thinking of? Fe ey alt fort wi, Lotti been kidd SMoond all hs fe, You koow-—Lving in sum—his Saher dead snc he was ine, That’ oot very good head ire Hes tough, angey id You kaow why sham kids gt thn way? Bonus we yak em ovr the head once dy, tery day, I thik ibe we owe him «few words. Thats aPage 16 Twelve Angry Men At Ail [Loos road table He i met by cold loos, we tos dow while rote gino tonk br ae OUR. All ight its hard, ste—it wa had foe de, Every tg Toe gt apt fr woe yay gh = Tat wa Tog tine ag, ad 2 forget ough yx but never, POMP do Foss. aes I koow wht is eT ace killed ood Twtuve. Tve ben biked noid, 60, Wet eal youve otk in an ad agency andthe big boy tt bas on ‘etising wala Wes know nurven (tbo speaks with en acen], In my cout, ia ops, Iiking was ssc, but key el oe thing beter tan at "ev (le Mc]. dont mind teling you thi, mister. We don't owe the kid a thing. He got a aie twiel,dilat hee You know wha tht ral cot He's ty he port tank were all gronmaps hee. You're oot going ie as nes were supposed to belive him, knowing thee he i Ie NINE [tote 7 sow) dont know that, What te be hing fora man to bee! Since en's Unione pop charac? You hee no monopoly onthe ea Time ineraping}. Allright. Its at Soda, We et ned, ONE [ot bering). What this man sy is very dangerous [ic par bis and N's wm au ps He fines «deep bath nd ree} OUR, don't sec any need frau Ike thi think we ugh to beable to beave ite glogen sean, phe! HELE [ming up at Yoon). Ob all ght, i ou ini Pou iorwetie} Tsk on rent Sure oun If were ging to dic this case, why, les dss ‘the facts, hed ne Aer Twelve Angry Men Page 17 a - tin = ee suv If yon geen don ind Tm ong t se he Window. [Col sp and doe so, ben ofeloeealy cs he hh hr Fr ep ges svt 9 dt ming ihe whe he window pe. uvan arte og one Seen Dot you wat» fle? Is sane bt Hav T ms vay unonforabl Sane Tha ef fin ths roms 5 he ony win “bowen don satu Thavesone sn Siw Soothe eae Foun (i navn Colt you eae chai wth someone ferent peed Soe ee de (coli undow'ind oop oe ep ad toate char nrg edo ey wo font a Seer le ‘tle ota, Shall we gt be tte ce? fun, Ya ia FT, ———. ——rr—_—C ei (Hotning sear ae) ee fed hes ong Maybe etch uk bes ior ae ep ronan Tat ound fat enough, ee omnis Spposing we pone sound the ble fone Olay ls tae Fomor igh (Fore Welt with yo i ee ee ee Tn ths uly Tough ecPage 18“ Twelve Angry Men Act cr Ia what way was it obvious? ‘Two, I mesa thit nobody proved otherwise. rm [guietl}. Nobody has to prove otherwise; innocent ‘until proven guilty. The burden of proof ison the prosec- tion. ‘The defendant docsa't have to open his mouth. That's jn the Consittion, The Fifth Amendment. You've heard oft, FOUR. Everyone has ‘Two [flustered]. Well, sue—I've heard of it, Tknow what it is. -1... what T meant... well, anyway... 1 thik e's guilty! ricer (Jooking ai Two, shaking biz bead slowly). No reasons —just guilty. There i life at stake here. ‘rAMEb. Olay, les get tothe facts, Number one: le’ take the ‘old man who lived oa the second floor right underneath the room where the murder took place. At ten minutes after twelve on the night of the killing he heard loud noises in the upstairs apartment. He sid it sounded like a fight. Then Ihe heard the kid say ¢0 is father, “'m gonna kill you." A. second later he hear a body falling, and he tanto the door of his apartment, looked out and saw the kid running down- Stars and out of the howse, Then he called the police, They ound the father with a Knife in his ches. FOREMAN. And the coroner fixed the time of death at around ridaight “THREE. Right, Now what ese do you want? utr, It doesa't seem to ft FOUR. The boy's entire stocy is fimsy. He claimed he was at the movies. Tha’s a litle ridiculous, isn't it? He couldn't even remember what picture he saw. ‘rineE. That's right. Did you hear that? [To rour.] You're seoately right vive, He didat ave any ticket stub, cer. Who keeps ticket stub at the movies? FOUR [lo FE]. That's teu enough. 1VE, I suppor, bt the cashier dide't remember him. ‘runs, And the tcke taker dia’, ether Act Twelve Angry Men Page 19 ‘TEN, Look—vhat shoot the woman across the see? If her testimony don roe i then nothing des rwsive, Thats right. She saw the killing, did't she? Foumuant (rapping om iabe}, Let's goin ode, aN ([load!y. Jos « minae, Heres woman who's ling in Bed and chi sleep. Is ot, you know. (Gets mp and begins foveal around a rap blowing bit nore and tla] ‘Anyway, she wakes up and she looks oot the window, aid fight acs the tact she ses the kid stick the knife int his father, snot, How an she realy be ste it was the kid when she ‘a0 i through the windows of + puting clevated tin? TEN [pang Dt]. She's kon te kid his ie, Hib wine dow is ght opposite hers—scrosr the el tracke—and she swore shes hn do soir. Thar he eso rmx. Olay. And they proved in court that you can look through the windows of «puting el tein at mph, and see whats happening onthe ober ie. They prove nite. Werent yo telling jst a mine or two ago that You cat est Hem? That you can't believe lem. aN (clay) $0? cite, Then Ti like to ask you something. How come Believed her? She's one of thom, to. isn't she? [75 crose up to eat} ‘aN, Your petty sat fellow, are' you? ren (gy Now tke oy rman geod peer to TEN "HME. Cone on, Sit down, Lends rw at oi sa) atre you leting hien get you ll upet for? Rel. [1281 ad'vinteitdown} : rou, Gente, hey i tke w ot te womans oan ‘and we looked trough the windows of fusing el tra {To mci] —didat we? ce cite Yeu (Nods.] We dd oun. And werent Jou vie? to sce what happened on the otherPuge 20. Twelve Angry Men Act ct, 1 ide see a well they told me I woods, tL ‘i ace wht happened onthe ote side san [mapping ot ait]. You seed yoa se? Fontan [ating agen, Lets cl down gow. (Fo Five] 1s your tn vn Tipu FORInAse Thats your pve. [70 s0.} How shot you? Sx [oowis) 1 det Eaow.' sated to be convince, yon Tow withthe ttinony fom tee people so the bl Dida hy ay somthing abet an tapunent beeen the Fate and te op sound oven ode that nigh? I mean Toanbe wrong sunny I Gin ws ic dad, Not eve, eur Thats ight igh dock oun. Tay bes the father it he Boy twice nd then sw the bay wal angi oat ofthe Bouse. sx Right ri What dc tha prove? SE, Wall doesnt cacy prove anything. I's jest pact of the ete Idd ny proved anping ont Aoying ce? Sic No [Ries gor to mater cooler for a dink and thn serni dot know of is been id ald We cn ta all ay abet Br thing, bt I tink wee wing ot i nei don. Foun, Neth do. Goo, vin Look a the ds rnd. He sole a ar, Hes been tomate for magglog. 1 thiok they sd be tabbed soa fody ia thew. ron Tey ai En. He wa picked wp for ie ightng. At teen he was in efor sto ‘ute, Aad thy Ka him o reform soa for tabbing some Act I Twelve Angry Men Page 21 "icHr, Bver since he was five years old his father best him up segulatly. He used his Sts, SEVEN. So would I! On a kd like that. ‘Tumst. You're right. I's the kids. The way they are—you know? They don't listen. [Biteriy] Tve got a kid. When hae was eight years old he ran away From fight. I saw him, Iwas s0 ashamed, told him right out, "I'm gonna male ‘man oat of you or Tm gonna bast you up into lite pices trying.” When he was fifteen he hit me ia the face. He's big, you now? I havea't seen him in three yeas. Rotten kid! T hate tough kids! You work your heart oat... « {Paases) AU right. Let's get on with i... [Gets up end oes window, very embarrased} oun, We're missing the point here. This boy—let's say he's ' product of a filthy neighborhood and 2 beoken home. We ‘ant help that, We'e not hee to go into the reasons why sums are breeding grounds for criminals; they are, T know it. So do you. The children who come out of slum back- ‘grounds ar poteatal menaces to society. ‘TaN, You said it there, Tdoa't want any past of them, believe ‘me. [There is « dead silence for 4 moment, and then PIV speaks baltingly) sive. I've lived in slum all my life. ‘TEN, Now wait a second! ive, used to play in a backyaed that ws Silled with gasbage. ‘Maybe it stl smells on me. FOREMAN. Now, let's be reasonable. There's nothing per- pail 8 Pee IVE [rising, slamming bis band down on table}. There i something personal! {Then he catcher himself, and, seeing EVERYONE looking at him, sts down, fits clenched.) runee [terning from window), Come on, now, He dide't ‘mean you, feller. Let's not be so sensitive, [There ira long patted} sicitr [breaking silence}, 37ho did he mean? [ELEVEN. I can understand this sensitivity. FOREMAN. Now let's stop the bickering.Page 22 Twelve Angry Men Ae 1 rene. We'e wating tne, outa (san He our tan, earl ight Tha pia felng aout his tal Some. how I atta the fens counsel seer realy coded 2 through cos-eamination Too many qustions wee lt Seaited OUR While t dos’ change ay opinion about the guilt of the Kill Tages with you ta te dese oe ms THREE, So-o-0-0? [Croses back to table and sts} oer. This isa point. ‘THMEE, What about facts? [HGtT. So many questions wese never answered TumeE {annoyed}. What about the questions that were an- swered? For instance, let's tall about that cute litle switch knife. You know, the one that fine upright kid admited buying. ‘cir. All right, lets tal: about it. Le’s get it in here and. Took at it Tl ike to see it again, Me. Foreman. {FOnEMAN Lok him gaetoningy end then gs pad ge fo [During the following dialogue the roREMAN hnoekt. The CGuanD anlocks the door and comes in 1. and the FOREMAN sebispers to bin. The cuano nods and leaves, locking the door. The FOREMAN returns to bit set:} "THE. We all know what look ike, doa ee why we have look at spin. (To roun] What do you tisk? ou. The genlenan hs right sc exhib a erdece Se (uz Oy wn om (to itr} This if i prety suong piece of dence, don’t you agree? per ee vow. dn, oun, Now les get the soqunce of evens righ as they relate ‘othe switch kafe ae rwetvE, The boy admis going out of his howe at ‘o'clock, after being slapped by his father. a Act Twelve Angry Men Page 23 soir. Or punched. FOUR. Or punched, [Gets up and Begins to pacr atx stage, ‘moving Dk 10 U Rand back again.) He went ta ncighbar- hood store and bought a switch knife. The stoekeeper was arrested the following day when he admitted selling it to the boy. ‘rues. T think everyone agrees that i's an urusual knife ret hard to forget something like that. oun, The storekeeper identified the knife and ssid it was the ‘only one of its kind he had in stock Why did the boy petit? SEVEN [lareastically}. As a present fora friend of his, be says oun [pausing im Bis pacing). Atm T eight so far? sont. Right ‘une, You bet he's right. [To aLt.] Now listen to this man. He knows what he's talking about. OUR [itending a 8 stage]. Next, the boy claims that on the ‘way home the knife mst have fallen through 2 hole in his ‘coat pocket, that he never sat it again, Now there's «story, gentlemen,” You know whit actully happend. The boy took the knife home, and a few hours later stabbed his father with it and even remembered to wipe af the finger eit. [The door u opent and the cusnD walks in with an oddly. designed hnife with a tap on it, FOUR eroses 1. and takes the knife from bim, The GUsRD goes out L, closing and locking the door.) oun [at Lc holding ap knife, Breryne connected withthe ‘ase ented this Ene, Now ace you tying to ell me that Someone picket itp ofthe sect nd went the boy's wre and stabbed his father with ast be ming? nt, No. Fon saying tat its pole tht the boy lt the ‘if, snd that sone else sabe his father with 2 smi lar knife ts possible [som fis nif oper end jams it int wal ast dense of door] oun [iting bck 10 allow overt ree. Tike a look atPage 24 Twelve Angry Men Act that knife. It’s a very strange knife. 've never seen one like it before in my life. Neither had the storckeeper who sold it to him, [Bice reaches casually into bir pocket and witbe Araws an objet. No one notier im. He stands np} Atea't you trying to make us acepta pretty incredible coincidence? ici [moving toward rouR]. I'm not trying to make anyone accept Tm just saying it's posible. sures [rting, shouting}. And Tm saying it's not possible! [eon swiftly flicks open blade of a switch bnife, jams i nto wall next to fst bnife and steps back. They are exactly die, There are several gasps and EVERYONE saves ab fe. There is a long silence. THREB continues, slouly, amazed | What are you trying to do? ‘TaN {loudly}, Yeah, what is this? Who do you think you are? [A flow of ad lib consercaton barts forth} ive, Look att! 1s the same knife! FOREMAN, Quiet! Let's be quiet. [JURORS quiet down. THREE sits again oun, Wheie did you gt it? "BIGHT. I got i in a litle junk shop around the commer from the boy's house. I cost ewo dollars ‘THREE. Now listen to me! BIGHT [turning 19 bin}. Tm listening ‘runes. You pulled a ral smact trick here, but you proved ab- solotely zero. Maybe there are ten knives like that 50 what? -icir. Maybe there ae THREE. The boy lied and you know it ion (crossing back to bis sea, sting). And maybe he didn't Tie. Maybe fe did lose the knife and maybe he did go tothe ‘movies, Maybe the reason the cashier dida’t see him was because he sneaked into the movies, and maybe he was ashamed to say s0. (Looks around.) Is there anybody here ‘who dida't sneak into the movies once or twice when they were young? {There sa long silence.) LEVEN, I dda’ FOUR. Really, not even once? sayin, We dida’t have movies, Aer Twelve Angry Men Page 25 oun. Oh, [Crosses back so bis place and ses:] HIGHT. Maybe he did goto the movies—maybehe didn't, And he may have lied, [To 78N.] Do you thik he lied? ‘TaN [violent]. Now that's a stipid question. Sare, he lied! cit [to FOUR}. Do you? our. You don't have to ask me that You know my answer, He lied cir [fo rive]. Do you think he led? [ewe can't answer ‘immeditely. He looks around nervously} sve, IT don't know. SEVEN. Now wait a second. What are you—the guys lawyer? isten—there are still eleven of us who think he's guy. You'te alone. What do you think you're going to accom. plish? IF you want to be stubborn and hang tis jary he'll be tried aga, and found guilty sure as he's bora. scr. You're probably ight SEVEN. So what are you going to do sbout it? We can be here all ight. ‘xine. IS only one night. A man may dic ‘EVEN. Ob, now. Come on. HHT [10 NINE]. Well, yes, that's true. FOREMAN. I think we ought to get on with it row. ‘Tunes, Right Lee's gt going here ‘TEN [lo THREE]. How do you like this guy? [runex shrugs and turns o wc.) ‘Tues, Well, what do you say? You'te the one aolding up the show. oUR {10 nici]. Obviously you don’t think the boy is guilty. cit. Thave a doubt in my mind, FOUR. But you haven't really presented anything to us that makes it posible for us to understand your doubt. There's the old man downstairs, He heard it, He heaed the kid shriek it out. . ‘Tumse. The wosszn across the el teacks—she saw itt SEVEN, We know he bought #witch knife that night and we don't know where he really was, Ate unviea?Page 26 Twelve Angry Mea Act ronson Elie tht sight the kid and his father did ave a fight. oun. He's been a violet kd all the way, and while that doesn prove anything an, Stll,you know ~~ Hou {stending] T've gota propostion to make, (11s sands Mand pots at bunds on Bach of Bis cba. Sever juror: (flare at bm. Hl sinks bis bead down a bit, ten its down} fant to cal fora vote. I wact you eleven men vote By secret ballot Yl abstain, I there are sill eleven votes for fully, I woot sand alone, Weil tke in» goiky vrdet ‘right now. savN, Olay. Les do it Fons, Fat sound ue, I eveyone agreed? rour.Testaily am wave Les cll it TELIVEN [slow]. Pshaps this i st, {Bic walks over to ‘window and tans tere for a moment looking ost; thn Taras as FOREMAN pases ballot lips dou table Yo all of thom. rt fnses ss JURORS begin to write. Then folded Dolo ae pated Beck fo ponsnan. He fps through folded Dello, cots them to be sure be bes eleven and then be begins Yo open tom, reading verdict each te’) ronan, Gully. Gully. Gi. Guy. Guilty. Gul. Ties, Ta’ sx FOREMAN, Plewe, [Fumbles with one ballot} Six quit “Gully. Guilty. Guilty. [Passer for« moment at en ballot land then read} Nox gal. [en slars it ond down Sard om table, eae ars or tbl, at FOREMAN Feds fa blot} Gal. sa [engrl}, How to you like that! SEVEN [ltanding, maring}. Who was it? T thick we have a Tpit to know [Looks chat. No one moves} ‘CURTAIN ACT TWO AT RISE OF CURTAIN: Ir is only a second or two later. The [JURORS are in the same positions as they wore atthe end of ‘ct One} ‘man fie ripe) Al ight Who i i? Wha iit ‘cate. Is that the way to talk about a man’s life? {Sits at bis Place again] ‘Tugs. Whose life are you talking about? The life ofthe dead ‘man ofthe lif ofa murderer? seven, Twant to know. Who? ‘TURE. So do L LEVEN, Excuse me, This was secret ballot ‘rumez. No one looked while we did it, ut now I want £9 koow. [RLEVEN. A secret ballot; we agreed on that pont, no? If the gentleman wants it to remain a secret — vines [standing up angrily}. What do you mean? There are ‘no secrets in here! 1 know who it was, [Tarms to HVE] ‘What's the matter with you? You come in here and you vote ally and then this—[Nods foward soe }—slck preacher Stats to tear your heat out with stories about a pooe litle id who just couldnt help becoming 2 murderee. So you change your vote. If that isnt the most sckening— [FIVE edges atayin bis chair] onEMaN, Now bold it. [SEVEN sts agen slowly] vrour [to THRs}. I agece with you thatthe man i guilty, but ets be fi ‘mes, Hold i? Be fair? That's jst what Ym saying. We're trying to put a guilty man ilo the chair where he belongs— and al ofa sudden we're paying attention to fairy ales 7Page 28 Twelve Angry Men Act VE, Now, jut a minate— Tunze [bonding toward eve, wagging finger at bin. Now, you steno me FOREMAN [repping on tbl), Les try to keep this org Dean [ping om be. Lts yoke thi orgie, OUR. It sit orpanae, bt les ty tobe vlad uvin, Plase. 1 would like to sty something here, Ihave always though dt « man was ate to have wapopelar ‘pinion in this country. This isthe san T came hee T wanted to have the ight to disagree etn Doon dag ws? inven, Usually, Twould. In this oe case T agree with but the point f wish to make i that in my Own county, amashuned toy TEN. Oh, ow-w-w, whit do we hive to liten tothe whole history of your cone? Crome sr agai agua} oun. I always wise © bea in mind what has epened in ‘ther conte, when people are allowed to dngre, bat se ate o let sick tothe abject seven, Yea, let's tice tothe bec, [ro wiv] 1 want to 236 you, wat made you change your vate? ‘unze want to know, too. You haven told ws yet WE, Why do you thik I did change my vote? S8vEN, Bocuse Ido, Now get on with INE [quily}. Theres noting for hi to tell you. He did't anges 1 (a ok ve} ve [to rH], Twas going to fll ou, bt you were s sre ve a going tell you, bat you ‘inet. Sry. [To svt] Oley, now ZINE. Maybe you'd ike to know wh, Zins [to ging hecho, et ell ou why ht FOREMAN, The man wants to alk, (roma subse) NINE [v0 rouswan]. ‘Thank you. [Poi at kr} This ‘getleran chose otto stant alone apast us This is fight. Takes «gest deal of courage to standalone even if you baie in someting very song, He left te vad ‘Act IL Twelve Angry Men Page 29 up to us, He gambled for support and I gave it to him. 1 ‘want to hear more. The vote is ten to two. [JURORS TO Gand 10Un get up about tame intent and walb 10 waler ‘ooler ar TEN speaks] ‘TEN. That's fine. Ifthe speech is over, let's go on. [FOREMAN {485 4p, goes to door 1, pulls tagged knife from wall and then inocks on door.) {UThe door it opened by the Guano. The FOREMAN hands the ‘ound the tagged switch knife. The cvaRD goer ont and the FOREMAN taker the otber witch knife, loses it and puss it in the middle of the table. He sts again. The other [Turots talk on, in pantomime, as TWO and FOUR stand by ‘the water cooler.) our [filling cup]. IF there was anything in the kid's favor Td vete not guilty. ‘rwo. I don't sce what itis. OUR [handing cup 12 TW, then drawing drink for bimzelf} ‘Neither do I. They're clutching at sta. ‘rwo. Ai guilty as they get—tha' the kid, T suppose Four. I's that one juror that’s holding out, but he'll come ‘round. Hes got to and, fundamentally, he's a very razon able nan, srw, I guess 20 FOUR. They haven't come up with one seal fact yet to buck ‘up not guilty verdict ‘wo. It's hard, you know. FOUR. Yes, it i, And what docs “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt really mean? srwo, What's «reasonable doubt? OUR. Exactly. When a life is at stake, what is « reasonable doubt? You've got to have law and order; you've got tO draw the line Somewhere; if you don't, everyone would start knifing people. rrwo. Not much doubt here, ye POUR. Two mea think so, I wonder why. I really wonder why. ‘rwo. You do hear sories about innocent men who have gonePage 30 Twelve Angry Men Ac it to jailor death, sometimes—then years later things turn * FOUR And then on the other hind some killers get tamed Too and they go sod doit agin They sqnere ot on some technicality and il again {Throw bap ‘nto waite eke, wks ack andi We thon bear naa ty fo me] ‘tks. Look buddy, now thit we've kindof cooled of, why “ah was lite excited « minate ago, Well, you know how it rt didat mean to ge sty. Nothing personal rw tas bck tir place it agin) vt (efer string at rts fora moment). Okay. SEVEN [lo ier}. Look. Supposing you sorwer me thi. If the kd did't i him, who da? soi. As far as know, we're supposed to dcde whether or not the boy On el tly, We ent concerned mith any. foe eis motives ee seven: Tsoppoe, but who else had a motive? Ham. The kis father was slong yous; maybe an old side. NINE. Remember, iti "puily bond « resonable doubt.” "This isan important thing to renembet ‘Es [to rn} Even’ lawyer, [To Nov] Supposing You cplsn to ws wha our rensnable doubt are ek Ths is ot ny. 90 fa, only feeling T have, A fein. Peshaps you dont ones sini (ebay). No, 1 dont TaN, A feling! Whit ae we goons do, spend the night tal ing abou you feelings? What abot te facts? ‘wines. You mid « mouth, [To wnve] Look the old man ‘ead the kid yl, "Tm goon kl yo A sco later he head the father's body falling and he sw the boy eased talons oh ee cree eee eee seven, Whec' the ressoable doubt in tai? STOHLVE, That right And let's nt forget the woman across the sect. She Tooked ito the open window and saw the Bay sabi Fathr She swt Ac It Twelve Angry Men Page 31 ms. as th 0 — nr [gil jn) fs ot oh or me. rou What twig forgo Pio any Sun How do ou lke hin? K+ Ie alg ito ded robe Te wom sw the Liling though the windor ving etl tah Te es ve ead se a ‘Rtg be rindbys of th at to She renee themot nig deal ‘amt Wall at ave you gto aout that? one Tween ‘han, Waly sopping pou tik aout he (ro Text Tend me your pencil [TWELVE bonds him a pencil} L's Ply some tctetoe, [Draur on X on site of Peer To beds pl nd paper een) We might a el pos ete sar, This at 2 game. (Rie and maces paper ame THES jmp suns Now «te! how Tao bane im [engr Who do you hak youate? Treen [ight igh es tke hy (Tt aan) Frnt Tre ots goo ind walk sound thi we and Pat him nt ronan, Now plea, 1dnt want ay Sighs in hee, {uy Did yous in? The nave Te nate sere! Tn All eg Hoge doo sn syn SH sont tng dw? ‘nun "I rt a ane” Who does he thik be? [x sd van org si bck it i.e pl, Sn etlaind oe mare] oun uber u's rey, Ween we king shot le vated tai nom Yo, weve. rome? . Troe All it How lng does i ike an lente in ung yet ps given pit? xPage 320 Twelve Angry Men ‘Act IL OU, What shag dow ayhing? ont, How lng woul ele? Gu ror I wl vet sgt Soon Nether wall vr Id th ey mentioned i tar fr: Whe ojo a? Sees owe, 1dsy that wae fe pe Fok lou Angee Be So > = Toon Allg wete sped en wd (Te nce] What you geting? Soa "at gen pit th nde af om in whch he Eig tk pce, You msl ch oof te Wind Of ht som hu Rah ronan Ta ig ied rouse "Mar All gt Now Ite ai youths. Did ayo Bee veri sift onto te ek? ron Tv le ce the Son They mies to ai, dn hy? [ev nad) Te ied gh byte dena When your tno op oa cp ged gee pte spt bear yourself think ‘aN Limpatintly]. Okay. You can't heat yousel think. Get to the point bor, The old man who lived downstairs heard the boy 17 ‘THREE {interrupting}. He did't say it, he screamed it. ‘acer. The old man heard the boy scream, “I'm going to kill you," and one second later he heard + body fall. [Sight passe:] One second. That's the testimony. Right? ‘ro, Right ict, The woman across the street looked through the win- cE NTINNEEeene Ac It Twelve Angry Men Page 33 tows ofthe as wo cas ofthe el and sw the body fal ron Rg Ferre so? unr lowly], The It wo ca. (Sige pane, then re pet] The toca sah at eyo ping shee? : Tar he el ean ie on seconds past given pia, wae tessa fern, Tit ead been gong by the od Soot windy for at Inst sit scnds and mapbe more Boe Ye ody fl, aceonig tothe woman, Theol ma Tey Mee) ohh bsp rm pogo TT the fom of te war rong ut hore. ot oss tit he could have ead suf Wha do you ean! Sar be could have herd owe With ane in going by? ‘i Hea the boy ple ot one Amelia ae at of oi, is wap ore oun Is nega fore to ove Ton th he cold have heard To habe the eld san it be iT pean with he srg What are ou people talking about? Ae you ling held man ir? ete aking ea, Sothing oes Foe Welk Sunde to nan, ou cy? Why would he e? Whats he got in. Attention... maybe Masa You'kep caming up with these bight sings. Why M youscal oe no mwspper) Thy poy oe dls str Card to tome}. Wha fort veto do wth a ite (Tbe oa] Why might he dan have Feo You hives rig ob had ne fer moment Beis is jt tn Takeda Tim fort wr ong tne, The sn his uk splitPage 34 Twelve Angry Mea Ac It tnder his atm. Did you notice that? He was avery old man vith atom jacket, "and he caied two ance [Cet ap. ‘moves wand Jeans agains wal.) T thik T know bit beet than anyone bere. This qui, frightened, insignificant smn who bas been nothing ll his ife~-who ha meer fad fecogniton—his name in the newspapers, Nobody knows him after seventy.Sive yeas, This very sed thing Aan like this needs to be reognized-to be qusstoncd, and Iistened to, and quote ust once. Tiss vey important. ‘TwaLvs. And yout ying to tellus he lied about & thing ik this just oe cold be important? nant, No, he woulda realy lie. But perhaps he'd make hen self believe tate heard those words and recognized the oy face ‘amas. Well{Loud and brazsy}—that's the most fantastic story 1'¥e eve Beard, How cn you make up a thing like tia? ove (dogged. Tm ot making it up Tunes. You mast be making it up People don't Tie about things lik tht ons. He made himself believe he told the trth. Fite. Wit outs ant ‘Nive flow bu frm). Usp fom expetinc, form, What POR omc DINE Tam th sme man, our. tiak weall understand now. Thask you. [NINE mover ‘Tvl back tebe nd st} THREE (er NINE}. TF you want to adi you're x ag, ifs ll ight by me st, Now tat to mach! “THREE, He ala, He justo ws 0 ove. He did sty he wa gs he was expuaing. ‘uns [10 Nise) Did't you adit tha youre Tar? noir [10 Tmae]. Plese—he mas explaining the-crcum- stances so tat we could understand why the od man might hive lied, Theresa difernce ‘en THREE, Air sig, hat alter it Aa it Twelve Angry Men Page 35 scitr. Please—have some compassion. FOREMAN. Gentlemen, please, we have our job and our duty here, ‘FOUR. I think they've covered it GH. Ihope we have. FoREMAN [0 sicHT]. AIL right Is there anything else? [Two ‘olds up a box of cough drops and spealt 10 FOREMAN.) ‘wo, Cough drop? FOREMAN [waving it side}. No, thank you. ‘wo [esitenly}. Anybody—want a cough—deop? [Offers ox around.) FOREMAN [sharply]. Come on. Let's get on with it HT. Fl take one. [10 hands him box.] Thank you. [Takes ‘one and returns box. Now—there's something else Fd like to point out here. I think we proved that the old man couldn't have heard the boy say, "I'm going to kil you.” runes, Wel, I disagree. our [to Tunes}. Let's hear him through, anyway. "okr. But supposing the old man relly did hear the boy say “em going t kill you." This phrase—how many times has ‘ach of you used it? Probably hundreds, “IF you do that once more, Junior, I'm going to murder you.” "Come on, Rocky, kill him!" "We say it every day. This does't mean ‘that we're really going to kill someone. oun. Doa't the citcumstances alter that somewhat? ‘rwELvE, The old man was murdered ‘THREE. One thing more. The phrase was “T'm going to kill you.” And the kid sceamed it out 2 the top of his lungs. ‘OUR, That's the way T understand it. ‘rumen. Now dou't try and tell me he dida't mean it. Anybody says a thing like thatthe way he sid it—they mean it ‘TEN. And how they mean it! sicir. Well, lt me ask you this, Do you rally think the boy ‘would shoot out 2 thing likgahat so the whole neighbor- Ihood would hex it? I don't think so, He's mach to bright for that,Page 36 «= Twelve Angry Men Act Tsering e's ot feet ak pod Ee = Foun. The boy i evr cough. [rows line spoke a TD oye ye Bh red eras meee Foux [7 Fie). Td like know why you've Gang your = mans at ee a nt. wa stata ne Seat rae rem ae Rea a ieadseann oan a wana ta a a mi Seere cee ieee eee oe Een East oom Sivan, Oh, brother! [To so] You tin hee and pull mans Cede cea at Act It Twelve Angry Men Page 37 our. That's the testimony, I believe. SEVEN, And the old man swore to this—yes—he swore to this ‘only soe could be important. [Looks over a NINE.] rive, Did the old man say he ran to the door? ‘SEVEN, Ran, Walked, What's the diference? He got there. Five, I don't remember what he suid. But I doa't sce how be could run. ‘oun, He ssid he went T remember it now. He went from bis ‘bedroom to the front door. That's enough, isn't it? ricer. Where was his bedroom, agin? TEN {disinterested}. Down the hall somewhere. {HGHT [mad]. Dowa the ball! Are we to send a man off to die because i's down the hall somewhere? ‘ren, I thought you remembered everything. Don't you remem- ber that? su No, I don't. NINE, I don't remember, either. nor. Mr. Foreman, Pd like fo take a look at the diagram of the apartment. seven, Why don't we have them run the trial over just so you ‘an get everything straight? nicit, The bedroom is down the hall somewhere, Do you “bnow—do you know exacly where itis? Please. A man life is at stake. Do you know? suvex, Well, ah ctr, Mr, Foreman Fonzian [rising]. U heard you. [Goes to door 1 and knocks ‘on door.} [Daring the ensuing dialogue the cuano opens the door. ‘The FOREMAN whispers to bim. The GUARD nods and then loses the door} rumen [stepping anny from window, moving a few steps to- ‘werd ctr). All tight. What's this one for? How come you're the only one in the room who wants to see exhibits sll the time? * sive, want tose this oe, f00.Page 38 «= Twelve Angry Men ‘Act IL INE, So do I. ‘rHex, And I want to stop wasting time. OUR. Are we going to start wading through all that nonsense about where the body was found? or, We're not. We're going to find out how a man who's ‘had two strokes inthe past thre yents and who walls with lof cs cold his ont doo i esa, ‘THREE, He said tweaty seconds, wo. He sid teen, ‘THREE, How does he know how long fifteen seconds is? You ‘at judge that kind of thing. ins. He std fiftcen. He was very positive about it ‘imss [orgy Hes an old min, You sw th Half the time he was confused. How could he be postive about snything? [Looks around sheepishly, unable to cover bis Blunder.) Well, ah—you know, ‘ici, No, I don’t know. Maybe you know. {The door x opens and the custo walt in carrying a lrge pev-and.ink diagram ofthe spartment done on bey dre, ‘ng board sock Issa ralroad ft. A becioom faces he eh tach, Behind isis sre of roms of «lng ball. I te Irons bedroom thre i a mark where tbe body as found, 1 the back of tbe spatment we soe the eine iin tbe Sportment bal jrom the building bal. We tee fight of Laie inthe bulding bl, The dicgrem is cel labeled, ‘ad included in the rfrmaton ont ar the varous den. sons ofthe srioasroomt. Tbe GUARD give the dram fo {the ronsnan, who bar remained by th dor Ano, thi what you wanted? Fontan That ight Tank you ‘cu, Suc, thay job. [Nod end goes ont osng and lacing dor abe nd a ed ne onsen. You wan this? sate, Yes, please. [FOREMAN nods, wot tates diagram and rosie WR He lakes cha from ws 8 omer and age Ac It Twelve Angry Men — Page 39 1G, half facing table, He sets diagram up om chin to that all can 140i, ica looks it over. Several JURORS get 10 {ee it Beller FOREMAN comes over 10 Took. THREE, TEN and ‘seven, however, barely borber 10 look at it. THREE sits abruptly again at table.) sevEN [fo TEN]. Do mea favor. [Slemps in ebair.] Wake me when this over. ‘TEN. looked at that diagram for two hours; enough i enough, OUR, Some of ts ate interested, Go ahead sow, All right. This is the apartment in which the kalling took place, The old man's apartment is directly Keneath it, and exactly the same, [Pointing.] Here are the el tracks. ‘The bedroom, Another bedroom. Living room. Bathroom. Kitchen, And this is the hall, Here's the front door to the partment, and here are the steps. (Paints to from: bedroom: ‘and then to front door.) Now, the old man was in bed in this room. He says he got up, went out into the lall, down the hall tothe front door and opened it and looked out just in time to see the boy racing down the stairs. Am I right? oun, That's the story. SEVEN, That’ what happened! "oir, Fifteen seconds after he heard the body fall. ELEVEN, Correct. [FOREMAN and other JURORS who bave coms ‘over to look at diagram now dri back 10 table and sit again.) siGhr [il by diggram at R C}. His bed was at the window. [Looking closer} I's twelve feet from his bed to the bed- room dooe. The length of the hall is forty-three fect six inches, He had to get up out of bed, get his canes, walk twelve feet, open the bedroom door, walk fortythree feet land open the front door—all in fifteen seconds, Do you think this posible? ‘TaN. You know it's posible, our. Idoa't sce why not. yy ‘THREE, He would have been in'a hurry. He did hear thewigs Ded a Seubert rn nate SE tsi eri tr SS esos So aeagenere weer eras aaa = ae SESS ae Eyer enra =e hee tmp pemmsenr men Tagore seat “THREE [angrily). It’s a ridiculous waste of time! oa Stra erro orntn ts idee arene Peeahte Mate mana Ee a temo fe seas ae ech iat cata a SS ter Ap een cae edt ee Beat arant hee Sak sateen ee TE Ty watt aver an SER SITS w spe ries Sree ‘har andes down on them.) Who's gota wath wih ‘second hand? : be ‘Act Twelve Angry Men Page 4 sro, Tha. [Undctes wit wach} Hn, When yon want ef ut, damp you foo, That be he body fling wo, Well tie on from thee. str lying down on hwo chr. Lets sy he hep bis Canes ght ahs belie. Right? ron Right! Par, Olay. ead : sey Two [esplining. Tim wating forthe hand to get © Tat ly tenon br Jo, oy Se keg te ‘Sly, be ins bas or edges of tay, rtches for imagnary cane and snl fo ee res a bis wath ae wb a erp old man wold ale now. He goer tod cat whch it ‘trvng sh bedroom door. He fet to it ond pretends 10 cpewt} sant loning) Spe up, Te walked tice fas a hat Teton beng tapped for ts ont, ep waé Smalatel forty fort baer, to door and bck to cba) rurven: Ths tf thiak, even mote gully tan th ld man "ctr If you thik T should go faster, Iwill. OUR. Speed it up a lite. (miter speeds up bis pace slightly. He reaches door Land turns now, beading back, bobbling at an old man would hobble, bent over bis imaginary cane. ‘nut oath bien tonrely. He hobblet back to chai, which ‘alto serves at front door. He stops there and pretends 10 lunlack door. Then he pretends to push it open.} ait [loudly Stop, srwo [bis eye glaed 10 watch], Right oir. What's the time? ‘wo, Fifteen—twenty—thiety—thiety-five—thicty-nine sec fonds, exactly, [Moves toward nici. Other JuKons now move in toward tout, aso.) sree, That can't be LEVEN, Thity-nine seconds!Page 2 = Twelve Angry Mea Act OUR Now, that’ intersting. SEVEN (ooking a JonoRS} Hey, now—yoa know. ive, What do you think ofthat? LEVEN (nodding) Thiny-nine seconds, Thity-nine our. And the old riple swore, on bis ony that it was fifteen, susvan [Poining to ton]. He may have been « lite bit ff onthe spec thatthe od ciple eed tut twenty four seconds off. well ow, you know Foust. Fat be it from me eal anyone a lit, and even allowing for quite «erence in sped betwee the old tan aod you. (Motion a rot} Why, sl theres ice OUR Quitea discrepancy. ‘ctr, 1¢5 my goth the old man was tying to ge tothe ds, heard someone racing down the Sui and assed that ws the boy 06 Think that’s posible, ‘ke [iferited}. Assumed? Now, lta 0 me, you pope. Tre seen all kinds of dishonesty in my day thes Tale display takes the cake net, Wht dishoosy? THREE [to FOUR], Tell hi! [FOUN tans ey 0 x and st ‘benly in one cf tbe two cars here, tmas lob a Bit snd then be sides o ese} You come in bare with ot hat bleeding all orc the for abou sum kd nd os tice an you make up thes wild trie, and you've ote sofcheatd od lads linening to you. Well Tm ot Ta setting ta sik of you. [To aL] What's the mater wth you people? This kid is gully! He's got to bura! Wee Teg him lip thong oar fingers ctr [sll]. Oue Sager. Are you his execution? ‘ute [raging]. Im one of "1cir.Pethaps you'd like to pl the switch, ‘tunex {shouting}. For this kid? You bet Td like to pull the switch OKT [shaking bis ead sadly). Pm sory for you. Act It Twelve Angry Men Page 43 rast [totn], Do's with! ur, Wat Se ll Tie watt pl he owt fmt, Sop tao dit ‘in [ede] Sat pi oe” esr rh Tay der} Yous ub You dap me . san eae Sha ang a, ot cog By of 08 jos nd Bl, He sag ae take nly. Pho he ten) it ne go al hi Tt in! : sau [of You do’ el en yo il ne, do tr ps smgling now aa Gn ee ere ap CURTAINACT THREE AT RISE OF CURTAIN: We se th tame ene atat the cd of Act Two. Thre he een tome ape ae glares srry a we Hes ll bald by hoo none Air 4 long eae Tet saber bel lose nd vr ty. He wal tothe windows Te ober Jonons nove sug) ood ‘tad roid the room now; they ae thocked byt dip of anger. Thre i lence. Then the doe «open dts Guano enters He looks ound the room} une, 1s there aging wrong, getlemen? 1 heard some rontnns. No. Tee's sthing wrong. [Points o lage die {tam of sparimet.) Vo ca tae at bck, Wee ibe Sih it [eu nod and tabes dag, He lod aro ‘some of Junons eid ten goes on Johon sl resent ‘ome of tem bein os down soul at tbl POR feted bm ane tnd window. He ers und row. Jonons lok tb} ratte Clonal}. Wal, wht ae you looking a? (They tare sony He gor back 10 bit snl mow, ate pa Bi che Bel trig end of able Sent est ofsonon,nlading YOUR bat exladig BLE, take bi eas, eH egos to doodle ona pete of apr. 209% mover andere rafetiely aga wall Tem Bows bi now bat mo one ‘pea Thos bal} rotn. I don't sce why te hive to behave ke len here uv Nor do Weave ponabiy This tac able thing abou democacy That we ate—vba he word? ah ote! Hat we ae noted by mal tine dow to this plce—end decide onthe pul o ino. tence ofa min of 4 man we have oot kaows before "We hve noting to gin or lus by out vedic. Ths soe of “ Act Twelve Angry Men Page 45 the remons why we are stong, We shuld not make it & povonal hing” > roel i ah LEW ig spin). Why do you thank me Nine We forget good Yo be reminded [ven node ond ean gant wal age} 00h angle that wi gong tobe cine sot this ‘enter Wel, weve sl apr Fst, No were somewhere or geting there—mape. roo Mage rnb Who's got an idea? xT thiak maybe we should ty another vote. [Taras 10 onun.] Me Foca ‘ one Ty al git with me, Anybody dest wat fo te andr oud le Ms of tom sake ei beds, we dr med foe ad tbe Bisa} roun. Las vote Fenn Yovrle Seven, Sal ih et do ie Sins, Teun an ope blot. Lets clot ou votes. T want fotsos ho sand where. romtnats That sounds fa, Anyone objet? (Zooks aoand Tre gee sain of Ben} A sg al ines [ales pol and paper and makes Wink one of io eolamns afer each vote} T ote ily Rime to? seo Not ly Fonenin Ties? fomen Cally. Foren Four? Pour, Gully. outan. Be? rave No gil Poni Sx? x Not iy. Ponsa Sven? corm, GalPage 46 Twelve Angry Men Act Ill FOREMAN. Eight? ur. Not guilty Forescan. Nine? uve. Not guilty, FOREMAN, Ten? TEN. Guily. FOREMAN. Eleven? ELEVEN. Not gly FOREMAN. Twelve? ‘TwHLve. Guilty POUR. That's sx to sx. ‘TEN [mad]. Tl tell you something. The crime is being com- ‘ited right inthis toom, FOREMAN, The vote i ix 0 six ‘nes. Ym ready to walk into court right now and declare ‘hung jury. There's no point inthis going on any more Four [lo ELEVEN], Td like to know why you changed your mind. (To Two.] And why you changed your mind. [To Sm] And why you did. There are six men here who think that we may be turning a murderer loose in the strects, Boson wont do, Why? (wo, ELEVEN and 5 lok ‘3%, Tt would seem thatthe old man did not see the boy run downstairs. Ido not think it likely thatthe old man heaed Someone scream, "T'm going to kill you.” Old mea dees ‘And if the boy did sceam that he was going to kil, then ‘we have the authority of this man—[Motions at THRE E.}— to prove that it might not really mean he's going to kill. SEVEN. Why don't we take it in to the judge and let the kid take is chances with twelve other guys? FOREMAN. Six to six. I don’t think we'll ever agree—on any. ‘thing ‘THREE. It's got to be unanimous—[Motioning at exter] — and we're never going o convince him. utr, At fest I was alone. Now five others agree; there is a doubt, Aci Twelve Angry Men Page 47 ‘mss, You cast ever convince me that ther’ dou, be- cats Tow there inno dou sve. Tell you wha, maybe ve ae «hung jury. Te hap- pes sometimes adn, We ae not poing tobe x hang uy. SEVEN. Bot we are, right now, a perfec balance, Le’ tke it ino the ju roun [io te) there isa enable out Tose ‘ovr The doubt is ther, my ind PoREMAM, Maybe we should vote ‘ertve, What do you mesn—voe? “mae, Not again! Tan. [tll want to know. Vote on what? onrstn, Are we or sent wes hang jy? cre You mean that we vote yo we ze «ng fry, oF 20, te ate at + hang jy? ronraate That's jst what Twas hnking of. nuevas [Bil We can't even gre about whether or sot the window should be ope. onus Les make it sory vote The majority wins Pour. If seven or more of ts vte yes that we ae 4 bung jury. then me take fin t0 the adge and tl him that we aes bung jr. ouEWAN. Right, And if seven of more vote no, that means that we arena ng jr, an we go on dscsig our, It dost seem quite ight t me rhe. I's the only soliton sree age i lw Titve, Anything to end tis. Poutuadt (looking around lable), Ate we agreed then? Seven "ot more vot yes and we taken fo the judge. [ALL nod] rte, Let cl ou votes out FOREMAN, T vote yes, were a hung jury. [Makes « mark om & ‘bee er Two?Page 48 Twelve Angry Men Act IT FOREMAN, Seven? ‘evan. Yes, Pound, Eight? zeae No Formica’, Nige? xine. No, Pontuay, Ten? ran, Yer PORDAN, Eleven? urvan, No, Fouts Tene? rertve Yo. Tau [wt ron), Ob 0! Fount Is eta INE, We can't even get major to deide whether 0 Seche iy to decide whether of not (ring). I went slog with the majority vote on thi uetion. And T did't agree wth votog tat way a fal, and I sll don't. Som Gaging oy vote. Toy oe eae oot «hang jy. Tele tt the boy ply Jul masmble bub. The ae sone tig wat a snclemen tht changed tee minds, rey Te nea ang jy w pon oun (fro), Why did ou cha r 5g your nd? wo Uestng omc He [afer tombe setts 0 sre. And he has made a nes While he—[Points to tunse.}—only fal past ert Wi ranee.|—only gets ad and fol 00m Doe the anger an the isl change the gilt of the Aa lll Twelve Angry Men Page 49 boy? He did do it. Are you going to turn a murderer Toose beause one of the jurors gets angry when he thinks a mur- derer is being turned loose? ‘rwo. That's true ive, Thece is a doubt Foun. I don't think so, The tack is straight in front of the ‘window, Let's take that point. So the el train would have made a low rumbling nose. El trains screech when they g0 found curves, 0 the old man could have heacd a scream, ‘hich is high pitched. And itis a tenement and they have thin walls srunzt, Good. Good, That's it, That's it ‘Four. And what if the old man was wrong about the time it took him to get to the door but rh about whom he saw? Please remember that there were't any fingetprats on the keife, and it is summer, s0 gloves scem unlikely. ‘rune [10 nici], Now I want you to listen to this man {Motions at rour.} He's got the oods. our. And it might have taken a few seconds to get a hand- Teerchief out and wipe the agerpints away. ‘cir. Ths is a point ‘THREE. Why don't we just time this one, to see? ive, Just what are we timing? ott, Yes, lets be exc, please oun. Tam saying that the old man downstairs might have ‘been wrong about how long it took him to get to the door bat that he was right about whom he saw running down the stars. Now it may have taken the murderer about thisty-nine seconds to wipe away all the fingerprints and get down the Stas to the place where the old man saw him—the boy, that is, ‘runes, This is sight. FOREMAN, We reconstructed the old man getting out of bed ‘and going to the door, aga we timed that; now let's recon struc the actual crime. ‘wih As well at we cn reconstruct it.Page 30 Twelve Angry Men Act mt SEVEN, I think a murderer could use up ret easily 2 that point. oun, Les constr the killing, SEVEN. Yes let's Tunen Cuding hnife fom table, giving it to we), Hen you do the subbing a a Ta et tf i. Times [seven]. Why don't you be the one that stabbed? You're younger than Ibm, And don’ for take one second to fal an oun [ring moving toward, tering). And he was found on is side—his eight side—so fall and cll onto your sight side. [To west] If someone bates another peor coon to kil them, don't you think tat its reasonable to spp, thatthe murdever would look at bis victim fora secost or two? 0¢ forty seconds {WEE [nmr]. Dio yous fom ths patil ese just haman nature ieee wet ey ca room -- . - ~=+~— tod nl pon ist eye Faber dd bee fomemne i kesh tem eee thee he the hen, The father nell hve woreda fen scoping ther onthe foot wing soe rotn Ts gi ple The wld hr 2 cmgh Cryer in he tn chin Yo we ts I should think. 7 “s avn, Wel the ater ee on? Ft aye tei dienes ht so te ple OR Al thee ter Pint we might big nt, Aap ne wis cla cough arly tee hana sre af reign, ltt pene ae aS! ees men a nde span fon ie tw eth ae Sea old jut be forse rt, Tedd Sa, ‘he would look around. ee Aci Twelve Angry Men Page 51 ‘is This ets eter ad bet Foun, Were uyng to make less. One does tak about cpa when murder aveved, Well let do ronsnak About thon the Sogerpeints—the kd wiped the fngrprins of the knife. Wel, what soat the doorknob? Taw + man coming ato my home, aman at hated, tnd it he was wiping the doo with handkerce a5 became init wold give ne a wneisy fing. [aL amie} $5 the doorknobs mst ave hoo wiped ate he king 20d ths, to, would tke soe tine our [/o Two}, You timed the lst on, Why dont you tine ths one, oo? vo Ale oun [e SEVEN tbe portion in rot of Poon en tages TOUR bur bnife in bis bend, Samp yout foot when fou tine eto, 190 [etng «fw second). Twat the hand to be at say [seas cod, ben aps for} rour (wo! seaming, bt sl lod) Te going tl you. Living: knife down, ovrbind. Blade 1 rollepied. son ace! knife in Bs ands and fal to flora second afer ‘Boat He writer «bi then rls nto bs ge ide vot ‘toes ahi for few moments, then digs io bis pode card produce a bandherbie I aes bis moment oro to enol andberci thn be bend down and ies tual of bie He looks cbt ough thctng tbe ‘eth be bas done everthing. Then be abe o oor tht leads ont of ary room end wipes doorbne. Then he tums womnd a fall cle and wipes bob agin} He woul ave wiped both kab: [Thon be res Rd go ark ta door of jry roms end veut dnble Proves on door dnb. Then be snp bs ook and rs ea) Stop! ve in ace yey (wentynine™about tventyaingand + half scons Psy oun tnovng to etnd Fonts end 9p tale). And whoever dd de the olan, an hkPage 52“ Twelve Angry Men Ac MIL eee Sopp dian se a MEW oe tain estcecnrcn time, but in view of ths think its quite easomate to ae taille ‘ne you did aad the one we did; what with nenning dows ea le sn age Eee eee en at in ym ee sc er iki ey te mr eet Ae ‘seconds later. a “ aa ey a ing uf ie i Ae ice ot mim et esac benireen ga” weir mee he rab a aC ce rtorconnt cLEPecp ameter te wap hl oh one Ce ae ea ro mele tearmacticiee Act ‘Twelve Angry Men Page 53 Fonts. ean to be abot ie gly othe nt ily roost ee sider One ie gestion aout th old mas down. How my of you Tein apaten baldng? (Igo bond go tp mcing bis oh suifen fo tht) T dot kaow wit you's hiking bt 1 Tow that Tm king rou fo sue, Wh ta? TEeveNs Uo ot ine a tpennt, bt ite cls and these i fs enh ligt nthe hall you can the ep, 20 Fete ght bubs aro smafand ths det ook Plc a's tenet, Remanbet bow me sunbed on the ier ro The pice tiers wee tng bg bulbs and one ren ida fatlgh Bement? ravi An ei aun wo midgd the tine by twenty sc uh on Uwe aes, tas ld ma ood down the italy stent and copes rong Bape? waar He rs oe nde por con wg aa the ies ‘ok twice ge ete riven The cult tc ld ina be oe handed er et rong at hohe mr? int ins he ni thing I've ver hed of. Youre making at up oof hn rune Weve hg jury. Las be hones shout Tv [o anv, Bo you tly fo that re no ro Foe eonbl doit? anv Yen do. Tuivth. Tbg'you pardon, bt maybe you do’ undetand thee, conte dk seve [agri Wha do You mean, 1 dst undestand i? Who you tha you tet kf le Wat? (Fo TIL] How dy he thy? He come ver beef ting fox his ify and before cn een takes ig Breath tang ws ho orn ge show. The erogice Bi! rots, No oe hee singers aye came Fon. Seve Twas or gh bePage 54 Twelve Angry Men Ace mL Pout. Or where your father came from. [Looks af SEVEN, tebo looks aay} ‘mow, Maybe it woulde’t hurt us to take a few tips from ‘people who come runaing here! Maybe they leaene! some. thing we don't know. We're aot 90 perfect LEVEN, Please... . Tam used this... Tes all sight, Thank you, ici, IS not allright. SEVEN. Okay—okay—I apologize. Is that what you want? HIGHT [grimly]. Thats what I want. FOREMAN, All right. L's stop the arguing. Who's got some. thing constructive to say? ‘TWO [besitenty]. Well, something's been bothering me a lite. This whole business about the stub wound, and how it was made—the downward angle of it, you know? ‘mes, Don't tll me we're going to start that. They went over itand over i in cout, ‘TWO. I know they did—but I don't go slong with it, The boy is five feet eight inches tll. His father was six feet two inches tall. That's a difference of six inches. Its 2 very awkward thing to stab down into th chest of someone who's half a foot taller than you are. [THREE grabs Bnife from table and jumps np.) ‘TuneE [moving 1 C]. Look, you're not going to be satisfied Ail you see it again. I'm going to give you a demonstestion Somebody getup. {Looks toward table, ici sends ap and walks toward him. vanes closes knife and puts i bis Docket. They stand fae 10 face and look at each other for a ‘moment.} Okay. (To two.] Now watch this. I don't want to have to do it again. [Crouches dou snl be is quite a bit shorter than wicte Ts that sx inches? ‘TwaLve, That's more than six inches. THREE, Okay, let it be more. [Reacher into bis pocket and ‘takes out knife. He flicks it open, changes its poston in bs ‘bond and holds knife aloft, ready fo ste. He and wcere ook steadily into each otbers eyez. Thon be stabs down ward, bard.) Aci Twelve Angry Men Page 35 wo soa). Losk oat! {Rasher shor atta blade rect ts cb alg so That ot ys (eB ble and} Fv, haste mt wh jou ‘tunes, Now just calm down, Nobody's hurt, are they? ae foc Ne Nou s [Fars oe ck bi Pc bt ds sal igh Tec your ange. Tae a oka (lh inter Dow sod ints how Isabelle ah thie and its fw wa on, fora ac oi Plce i ibl} Take lok th ntl ne on won, Ero doer once rm Lot ati for « momo, jn hie node and sda, stoke] sot Dot sad gu t's no argues, Ee pk neo of bi ed dsc Hef op ond, hag ing orton bo st meee stk [isn Bid youve asa? Stee i ig, Did yo Fone Al igh ieee iy Tar [nesta Dit pat roms ln} No Tet on, Wht you gt al your information shot how ‘one? ‘ma. Whs do you men? Is jt comin soe ibe yee eel ‘aman (puting ooing round rater meso, fal No GH, AlL ight I watt atk you somhng. The boy wa tn expcoued kalleghc, Hewat eve nto foam ‘Sn for aing met ato renn Tat sgh Fon, Lal xh (los bile ks ope and charger Boston of be tat be ae vent} Do ‘com ke aed yt als ae? semen What ey sige fo? (es coe lade nd sf ope bong hf al oth sndrenda)Twelve Angry Men Ac es aa mente oak mehr sa Hae ee eee are eee ae eee eee ree a aera ee eee eee tl Lge ng eg ae sre on Wh ces veh En wad or mwa crear ee) a er ee killed his father. al a ee ee Te ar a et re oe meee een an ieee ee a oe tee eee eae ea eee eee a eee Be eee eeeue eome ae seine eg ea ‘ull this together. es ce een ee rom chet in irre] eo Doyamatnce a opr var [gen ooh. etn Tod seein aoe ee ee ame Cota Adit Twelve Angry Men Page 37 na, want to ow —is the kid art the id da? 1o0n Whar do you maa? an ees tate is nanding hack of mena rr ene se," «la who bs gone fe rete oc ee hing.‘ night of the msde TER Aes hat, swine woul hen take a ey sere ogy sod murder «man, fate wih an ser Au Srone woud ast with heb rate que pee dab ae I ners dnb, the why il he make the Trae onda nicer a wold uke wih site roxas Tetsu Tndestnd ae rete mean mt ake «get emotion, get Tek (Mover over eft of rontuas.) And a tat a eral unl te ies bt He could and ame het woud ete she bee aed ee OME es mdabended motion] Aman i pec ied woul ge oven.» (Make cee enon) Bathe iw hing ey at vey cs aah an exper noir he eer tat moms fo make he woud Bat a st cone Thue an sar an, Sat a ee be geping sy, pups even sma soem wi ein wu gone Oy ore cova wet “Rw, te id sat o be dmb? {toot womnd) sibon toy noe waits mite! Tne Wo the woman aos thee tacks sw the murder vont i, somone init tin cold have te he made tn ssc pou: ut no one dd that we know of. eee red a a wally dumb man fo ake ht cance, “ing the muerte west by sect Bec. Ada pal ey pid mana man sgt ca ac yh bard ong he pba etPagese 0 Twelve Angry Men Act iit ven hear the tn coming. And whoever did murder the father did tas well a he could FOUR. $0? ice [moving back to bis place, at right end of table, not siting}. The kid is dum enough to do everything to aso ate itself with the switch knife—a switch knife marder ‘sand then a moment after the murder he becomes smart ‘The kid is smact enough to make a kind of wound that would lesd us to suspect someone ele, and yet atthe same instant he is dumb enough to do the killing as an el tala is aging by, and then a moment later In is smart enough 10 ‘wipe fingerprints nay. To make this boy guilty you have to say he is dumb from eight o'lock until about midaight and then about midnight he is smast one second, thea dumb for 8 few seconds and then smart again and then once again he becomes stupid, so stupid that he does not think of « good Alibi. Now is this kid smart or is he dump? To say that he 3s guilty you have to toss his intelligence lke a pancake, There ‘is doubt, doubt, doubt, [Beats sable with fil es be empha sizes word "donb."} Four. Ihadn’t though of tht, HicitT. And the old man downstairs. On the stand he swore that it was fifteen seconds; he insisted on fifteen seconds, but we all agree that it must have been ainast forty seconds, NINE, Docs the old man li half the time and then docs he tel the truth the other half ofthe time? ‘cir. For the kid to be guilty he must be stupid, then smart, then stupid and then smart and so on, and, also, for the kid to be guilty the old man downstairs must be tliat half of the time and the other half of the time he must tll the truth, You can reasonably doubt. [Sts again. There is « mo. ‘ment of silence} SEVEN [Breaking silence). 'm sold on “reasonable doubt.” ‘Two. I thle Tam, too, sx, Iwanted moce talk, and now I've had it IoHT [fast]. Twant another vote FOREMAN, Okay, there's another vote alled for. I guess the Ac WL Twelve Angry Men Page 59 pies. show of hd, Aabay objet? 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When they are all rated Foun tater stand Bebind man on apstage ide of table, He ‘speaks quietly} sill believe the boy is guilty of murder TIN tell you wiy. To me, the most damaing evidence was given by the woman across the street who claimed she ne tually saw the mardercomited. ‘THREE. That's right, As far as T'm concerned that’s the most ‘important testimony. ‘HoHT. All right Le’ go over her testimony. What exactly did she say? FOUR {moving toward window}. 1 believe 1 can recount it sccurately. She said that she went to bed at about eleven clock that night. Her bed was next to the open window tnd she could look out of the window while iying down and see ditety into the window across the srert She tired snd turned for over an hour, unable to fall asleep. Finally she turned toward the window at about twelve-ten and, as she looked out, she saw the boy stab his father. As far a8 T an see this is unshakable testimony. ‘trnre. That's what T mean, That's the whole case. [Foun sakes off bis eyeglases and begins to polish shem as they all sis silently watching bin) FOUR [fo all of them}. Feankly, in view ofthis, I don't see you can vote for acquittal, (To rweLvE as be sts «agcn.} What do you thik about it? TWELVE, Well—maybe. . .. There's so mach evidence t0 sift... [herd is @ At Twelve Angry Men Page 61 “anes, What do you mean, maybe? He's sboltely right. You ca throw ou al the other evidence. oun, That was my fecing. Tdoa't deny the valiiy of the points tht he has made. [Motions a tar] Shall we say {bat on one side of the tracks there i doubt? But wit can sy about the story of the woman? She saw i? [TO, Ue bets polishing Bs gltsey, 100, sguints a elock) wo, Wha tine iit? Laven. Ten mines of sx Sm You dont suppose thy let us go home and finish it in the morning. ve got kid with mops. = ive, Not cance ctr (to rwo}, Cant you se the coc withot your gles? wo, Not dey ir. Oh. POUR, Glastes are nuisance, arent they? ‘cat (on edge of excitement im his tne]. Well, wht do you all do when you wakeup at night and want to aow what tine ti? ro. I pt my gases on an look tthe dock our. [just he in bed and walt for te clock to chime, My father gave ito me when we married, ny wife and Te was ten yeas before we had «place pat sci [0 Two}. Do you west your pases to bed? Two. Of course not No one wets efeglase to bed ‘itr, The woman who tetifed that she sw the illin wens elses, What about her? 00%. Did she wer glases? urven {encdiy} OF couse! The woman wore bifoals. remember this very clearly. They looked quite tong san That's righ. Bifocal, She never fok them off 700K. Funny. lneer thought ofthat Zur, I think ifs loi fo say that she was not wearing her zlise in bed, and T doa’ think she'd pe them on 0 glance Cawaly out the window» She tested tht the made took place the instant she looked out, and that the lights ‘went out 2 spit second later. She couldn't have had time toPage 620“ Twelve Angry Men Ac It Bat on her gs thea, Now perhaps this woman honestly thoaght she saw the boy il his father: [Ree] Tey ee she oly sw Bar, shuts How do you know what she sw? Maybe she's fae Sighed.-. (Loot aromnd. No one ansesrs bocdln} How dots ic know al thee things? [Tere omecy ctr. Does tayone tink there sil aot esto pba? Leoks eoand oom, then surely af TeN TEN looks oe 4 lable fora moment then be looks xp at ae} ex Til aay wonder. Ba there onl dub rine (loud) thin he’s ui! ce [calmly Doe anyone sed oun {quiet}. No, Tn convinced now. There 4 reonable ooh "HT [10 THREE], You alone. ont. Hlevea votes, aot gly; one, ul mss. T don't cae wheter Fy alons 6 not! T have a est. Yas, jou havea sight. [aut stare at rings} ms, Well told you thik the kit's ply What cee do you wast? INGE. Your arguments. CALL ook at THREE after glancing at ao ster glancing "HAE. T gave you my arguments . air, Wert coma, Wr wating to hee them Again, We have tine [Sis down again Timer ran pee sd grabs bs erm ‘ams (pleading) Lita. What’ the mater wth you? You're the guy. You inade all the arguments, You ach tan ooce A gully maa's going tbe walking the recas A eden Heb got to de! Say with me! oun {ring}. Tm soy. Tm convinced, dont thigk Pn rong of, but I gus Twas this once (Groner these ‘Se rewonable doubt i my mind Naar, Wee wating «= [S100 tara vclety om bi THREE (sboting]}. You're not going to Taal: set PT sweats Haring arnt} eiled tomy opond (A Aci Twelve Angry Men Page 65. ‘one answers bim.} Tes gonna be a hang jury! [Turns sbrupily and sits in bis esr again] Thats it "cir, There's nothing we can do about tht except hope that Some night, maybe in a few months, wiy, you might get some seep. sive. You're all alone, NINE. It takes a great deal of courage to stzad alone. POUR {moving back t0 table, sitting}. If itis x hung jury there will be another trial and Some of us will point these things out to the various lawyers. [THLE looks arownd table a all of them, As tunse's glance goes from juror to juror each ‘one of them shakes bis head in bir divection. Them, td. ddenly, rumae’s face contorts and he betins to pound on ‘ble with bis fi He seers about to ory.) ‘THREE {thundering}. All sight! [Jumps np ¢wicly and moves Dx, bis back to all of them at FOREMAN joes fo door Land Anocks. The other JURORS now rte.} (Phe eno open the door and looks in and seth ll "nding The Goa bold he dear open fr ta toy fle pat and out tet il ep ed Thecus was for bem ctr mares te doo, pacngarvey} Your {te HMI. Thee wating, [me te tht bei lone He mov oa on al seh ba et ee ind wa oe toe wih tine is dodog Refs “proved lao fhtrJbon roman lobe oro at oor at and weve 4b from tie woke be beds Ife with poof tb don of wees bl ‘tas qi, fomly} Net pty [tmas lade ae trom id a key bade we ses aos pr eney fn Not gly! 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