英文介绍：
AteenagedHispanicboyhasjustbeentriedforthemurderofhisfather, andthecaseisnowinthehandsofthejury.. Aguiltyverdictwillsendtheboytotheelectricchair.
Thecaselooks, onthesurface, cutanddried, butonejuror (HenryFonda), despitehisownfeelingthatthedefendantisprobablyguilty, feelsthatthefacts, atveryleast, meritacursoryreview, beforethejuryhandsinaguiltyverdict. Hisinsistenceonabriefexaminationofthecaseseemstorubmanyonthejurythewrongway, astheycontinuetoseethematterasopenandshut.
Fascinatingly, inexaminationofthetestimonyandfactsofthecase, theexperiences, personalities, attributes, limitations, andbiasesoftheindividualjurorsweaveinandoutofthedeliberationprocess, attimestoitsbenefitandattimestoitsdetriment.
Tothebenefitofthedeliberationprocess, 1) theveryelderlyjuror (JosephSweeney) istheonlyonethatcanseeapossiblemotiveexplainingwhyanelderlywitnessmayhavemisledthecourtinhistetimony, 2) theonefellow (JackKlugman) whogrewupinaroughneighborhood, wherehewitnessednumerousknifefights, istheonlyonewhoseesaprobleminassumingthatthedefendantmadethestabwoundfound, and 3) thejurorwhohaddonecontractworkbytheelevatedsubway (EdBinns) wastheonlyoneinapositiontoquestionwhatoneofthewitnessesmightormightnothaveheard.
Tothedetrimentofthedeliberationprocess, 1) onejuror (EdBegley) issoconsumedbyhispersonalprejudicesthatheseesvalueinriddingthestreetsoftheHispanicdefendantwhetherornotheisguilty, and 2) anotherjuror (LeeJ. Cobb) isunopentoreasonbecausehehasbeenphysicallyharmedbyhisteenagedson, and, consequently, viewseachandeveryteenagedboy, includingthedefendant, ascapableofpatricide.
Thenumberofobstaclesonthepathtohonestassessmentofthefactsisaconstantthreattothedeliberationprocess. Willthisjurycometogethertofindaverdictofeither "guilty" or "notguilty" orwillitbeahungjury (ajurythatcannotreachaunanimousdecision, andmustretirefromthecasewithoutdeclaringaverdict)? Watchinghowthismatterisresolvedisarivetingstudyinthenature, andutimatebeauty, ofthetrialbyjuryprocess.
简 介
一个在平民窟中长大的男孩被指控谋杀生父，旁观者和凶器均以呈堂铁证如山。担任此案陪审团的12个人要与案件结案前在陪审团休息室里讨论案情，并要一直通过讨论结果，才能正式结案。
十二个人各有自己的职业也生活，他们当中有巧舌如簧的广告商、仗义执言的工程师、毫无见地的富家子、歧视平民的新贵族、性情暴躁的老警察、精明冷静的银行家、只赶时间的推销员。每个人都有自己思考和说话的方式，但是除了亨利·方达扮演的工程师之外，其余的人都对这个案子不屑一顾，在还未进行讨论之前就早早认定男孩就是杀人凶手。最终通过了各种不同人生观的冲突，各种思维方式的较量，所有的陪审团员都负责任地投出了自己神圣的一票。