1 12 Angry Men Screenplay by Reginald Rose Directed by Sidney Lumet

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12 Angry Men
Screenplay by Reginald Rose
Directed by Sidney Lumet

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Characters

No. 1 (Foreman) No. 7

No. 2 No. 8

No. 3 No. 9

No. 4 No. 10

No. 5 No. 11

No. 6 No. 12
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Section 1 有罪の根拠 the killing.
1: Now fellas, please. Let’s go in order here, huh?
2: It’s hard to put into words. I just think he’s guilty. 10: Just a minute. Here’s a woman... Here’s a
I thought it was obvious from the word go. I woman who’s lying in bed. She can’t sleep. She’s
mean nobody proved otherwise. dyin’ with the heat. You know what I mean?
8: Nobody has to prove otherwise. The burden of Anyway, she looks out the window, and right
proof’s on the prosecution. The defendant across the street she sees the kid stick the knife
doesn’t even have to open his mouth. That’s in into his father. The time is 12:10 on the nose5.
the Constitution. Everything fits. Look, she’s known the kid all
2: Oh, sure, I know that. What I meant was... Well... his life. His window is right opposite hers across
I just think he’s guilty. I mean, somebody saw the el6 tracks, and she swore she saw him do it.
him do it. 8: Through the windows of a passing el train.
3: OK. Here’s what I think. And I have no personal 10: This el train had no passengers on it. It was just
feelings about this. I just wanna1 talk about being moved downtown. The lights were out,
facts. Number one. The old man lived down- rememnber? And they proved in court that at
stairs under the room where the killing took night you can look through the windows of an el
place. At 10 minutes after 12 on the night of the train when the lights are out and see what’s
killing, he heard loud noises. Said it sounded happening on the other side. They proved it.
like a fight. And he heard the kid yell out “I’m 8: I’d like to ask you something. You don’t believe
gonna2 kill ya3.” A second later, he heard a the boy’s story. How come you believe the
body hit the floor. Ran to the door, opened it up, woman’s? She’s one of “them” too, isn’t she?
saw the kid run down the stairs and out of the 10: You’re a pretty smart fella, aren’t ya?
house. Called the police. They came in, found 1: OK, gentlemen. Now, gentlemen.
the old man with the knife in his chest. The 7: Come on, sit down. Sit down.
coroner fixed the time of death around midnight. 10: What’s he so wise about? I’m telling ya...
Now, these are facts. You can’t refute facts. The 1: Okay, now come on. Now we’re not gonna get
kid is guilty. I’m just as sentimental as the next anywhere fighting. Whose turn is it next?
fella. I know he’s only 18. But he’s still gotta4 12: Oh, his. Number five.
pay for what he did. 5: May I... Can I pass?
6: I’m with you. 1: Well... That’s your privilege. How about the next
1: OK. Are you finished? gentleman?
3: Yeah. 6: Oh. Well... I don’t know. I started to be convinced,
1: Right. Next. you know, very early in the case. You see, I was
4: It is obvious to me anyway that the boy’s entire looking for a motive. That’s very important be-
story was flimsy. He claimed he was at the cause if you don’t have a motive, where’s your
movies during the time of the killing, and yet, case, right? Anyway, that testimony from those
one hour later, he couldn’t remember the names people in the apartment across the hall from
of the films he saw or who played in them. the kid’s apartment, that was very powerful.
3: That’s right. Didn’t they say something about a fight, an
4: And no one saw him going in or out of the theater. argument, between the old man and his son
10: Listen, what about the woman across the street? around about seven o’clock that night? I mean I
If her testimony don’t prove it, nothing does. could be wrong but...
11: That’s right. She was the one who actually saw 11: It was eight o’clock
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8: It was eight o’clock. That’s right. They heard an break you in two trying.” Well, I made a man
argument. They couldn’t hear what it was about. out of him. When he was 16, we had a fight. Hit
Then they heard the father hit the boy twice. me in the jaw. He was a big kid. I haven’t seen
Finally they saw the boy run, angry, out of the him for two years. Kids. You work your heart
house. What does that prove? out7... Well, let’s get going.
6: It don’t exactly prove anything. It’s just part of
the picture.
8: You said it provided a motive. The prosecuting
attorney said the same thing. I don’t think that
was a very strong motive. This boy’s been hit so
many times in his life that violence is practi-
cally... It’s a normal state of affairs with him. I
just can’t see two slaps in the face provoking
him into committing murder.
4: It may have been two too many. Everyone has a
breaking point.
1: Anything else?
6: No.
1: OK. How about you?
7: I don’t know. It’s all been said. You can talk here
forever. It’s still the same thing. This kid is 5
for 0. Well, look at his record. When he was 10,
he was in children’s court: He threw a rock at a
teacher. When he was 15, he was in reform
school: He stole a car. He’s been arrested for
mugging. He was picked up twice for knife
fighting. They say he’s real handy with a knife.
Oh, this is a very fine boy.
8: Ever since he was five years old, his father beat
him up regularly. He used his fists.
7: So would I. A kid like that?
3: It’s these kids, the way they are nowadays. When
I was a kid, I used to call my father “sir.” That’s
right. Sir. Do you ever hear a kid call his father
that anymore?
8: Fathers don’t seem to think it’s important any
more.
3: You got any kids?
8: Three.
3: I got one. He’s 22 years old. When he was nine
years old, he ran away from a fight. I saw it. I
was so embarrassed, I almost threw up. I said
“I’m gonna make a man out of you if I have to
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Section 2 不十分な弁護 1: What? Listen, just because I’m trying to keep this
thing organized? Here, you take it. You take on
4: I think we’re missing the point here. This boy, the responsibility. I’ll just keep my mouth shut.
let’s say he’s the product of a broken home and That’s all.
a filthy neighborhood. We can’t help that. We’re 10: Why are you getting so hot about? Calm down,
here to decide whether he’s innocent or guilty, will you?
not to go into the reasons why he grew up the 1: Don’t tell me to calm down. Here. You wanna take
way he did. He was born in a slum. Slums are the chair, just take the chair. That’s all.
breeding grounds for criminals. I know it, and 10: Did you ever see such a thing?
so do you. It’s no secret children from slum 1: Listen, you think it’s funny or something?
backgrounds are potential menaces to society. 12: Hey, forget it, fella. The whole thing’s unim-
Now I think... portant. Come on.
10: Brother, you can say that again. The kids who 1: Unimportant? Oh, here, you try it.
crawl out of these places are real trash. I don’t 12: Nobody wants to change. You’re doing a beauti-
want any part of them. I’m telling you. ful job. Sit down.
5: Listen, mister, Listen. I... I’ve lived in a slum all 7: Yeah, you’re doing great. Just great, fella. You
my life. stay in there and pitch9. You know?
10: Wait a minute. 10: All right, let’s hear from somebody.
5: Please. I... I’ve played in backyards that were 8: Well, if you want me to tell you how I feel about it,
filled with garbage. I mean, maybe you can still it’s all right with me.
smell it on me. 1: Boy, I don’t care what you do.
10: Now listen, sonny... 8: All right. I don’t have anything brilliant. I only
1: Come on, now. There’s nothing personal about know as much as you do. According to the tes-
this. timony, the boy looks guilty. Maybe he is. I sat
5: No, there was something personal. there in court for six days listening while the
12: Aw, come on, fella. He didn’t mean you. Let’s not evidence built up. Everybody sounded so posi-
be so sensitive. tive. You know, I began to get a peculiar feeling
11: This sensitivity I can understand. about this trial. I mean, nothing is that positive.
1: OK, look. Let’s stop the arguing. We’re only There are a lot of questions I’d have liked to ask.
wasting time. Your turn down there. Let’s go. I don’t know. Maybe they wouldn’t have meant
8: I didn’t expect a turn. I thought you were all anything, but... I began to get the feeling that
gonna try to convince me. Wasn’t that the idea? the defense counsel 10 wasn’t conducting a
7: Check.8 That was the idea. thorough enough cross- examination11. I mean
1: Oh, I forgot about that. He’s right. he … he let too many things go by little things
10: What difference does it make? He’s the one that ….
who’s keeping us in here. Let’s hear what he’s 10: What little things? Listen, when these fellas
got to say. don’t ask questions, it’s because they know the
1: Oh, now wait a minute. We decided to do this a answers already and they figure they’ll be hurt.
certain way. I think we ought to stick to that 8: Maybe it’s also possible for a lawyer to be just
way. plain stupid, isn’t it? I mean, it’s possible.
10: Oh, stop being a kid, will ya? 7: You sound like you met my brother-in-law once.
1: What do you mean, a kid? 8: I kept putting myself in the kid’s place. I’d have
10: What do you think I mean? K-I-D: Kid. asked for another lawyer, I think. I mean, if I
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was on trial for my life, I’d want my lawyer to
tear the prosecution witnesses to shreds, or at
least try to. Look, there was one alleged eye-
witness to this killing. Someone else claims he
heard the killing, saw the boy run out after-
wards, and there was a lot of circumstantial
evidence. But actually, those two witnesses
were the entire case for the prosecution. Sup-
posing they’re wrong?
12: What do you mean supposing they’re wrong?
What’s the point of having witnesses at all?
8: Could they be wrong?
12: What are you trying to say? Those people sat on
the stand under oath.
8: They’re only people. People make mistakes. Could
they be wrong?
12: Well, no. I don’t think so.
8: Do you know so?
12: Oh, come on. Nobody can know a thing like that.
This isn’t an exact science12.
8: That’s right, it isn’t.

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Section 3 同じナイフ 3: You bet he is.
4: He talked with his friends for about an hour,
3: OK, let’s get to the point. What about the switch leaving them at 9:45. During this time, they
knife they found in the old man’s chest? saw the switch knife. Four: They identified the
2: Uh, wait a minute. There’s some people who ha- death weapon in court as that very same knife.
ven’t talked yet. Shouldn’t we go in order? Five: He arrived home at about ten o’clock. Now
3: They’ll get a chance to talk. Be quiet a second, this is where the stories offered by the State
will ya? What about it, this knife this fine up- and the boy begin to diverge slightly. He claims
right boy admitted buying the night of the kill- that he went to a movie at about 11:30, re-
ing? Let’s talk about it. turning home at 3:10 to find his father dead and
8: All right, let’s talk about it. Let’s get it in here himself arrested.
and look at it. I’d like to see it again. Mr. 8: He also claims that the two detectives who ar-
Foreman? rested him threw him down a half a flight14 of
3: We all saw what it looks like. Why do we have to stairs.
see it again? 4: Now what happened to the switch knife? He
4: The gentleman has a right to see exhibits in evi- claims that it fell through a hole in his pocket
dence13. on the way to the movies, sometime between
1: Say, could you bring us the knife? 11:30 and 3:10, and that he never saw it again.
Guard: The knife? Now, there is a tale15, gentlemen. I think it’s
1: Yeah. Thank you. quite clear that the boy never went to the mov-
4: The knife and the way it was bought is pretty ies that night. No one in the house saw him go
strong evidence, don’t you think? out at 11:30. No one at the theater identified
8: I do. him. He couldn’t even remember the names of
4: Good. Now, suppose we take these facts one at a the pictures he saw. What actually happened is
time. One: The boy admitted going out of the this. The boy stayed home, had another fight
house at eight o’clock on the night of the mur- with his father, stabbed him to death and left
der after being slapped several times by his fa- the house at 10 minutes after 12. He even re-
ther. membered to wipe the knife clean of finger-
6: No, no. No, he didn’t say “slapped.” He said prints. Now are you trying to tell me that this
“punched.” There’s a difference between a slap knife really fell through a hole in the boy’s
and a punch. pocket, someone picked it up off the street, went
4: After being hit several times by his father. Two: to the boy’s house and stabbed his father with it
He went directly to a neighborhood junk shop just to test its sharpness?
where he bought one of those... 8: No, I’m just saying it’s possible the boy lost his
5: Switch knives. knife and somebody else stabbed his father with
4: Switchblade knives. This wasn’t what you’d call a similar knife. It’s just possible.
an ordinary knife. It had a very unusual carved 4: Take a look at this knife. It’s a very unusual knife.
handle and blade. The storekeeper who sold it I’ve never seen one like it. Neither had the
to him said it was the only one of its kind he storekeeper who sold it to the boy. Aren’t you
had ever had in stock. Three: He met some asking us to accept a pretty incredible coinci-
friends of his in front of a tavern about 8:45. Am dence?
I right so far? 8: I’m just saying a coincidence is possible.
8: Yes, you are. 3: And I say it’s not possible.
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12: Where did that come from? 7: Well, why don’t we just set up house here, huh?
2: Where’d you get that? Someone send for Potsy the policeman18 and
6: It’s the same knife! get a pinochle deck19 and we’ll just sweat the
3: What do you think you’re doing? whole thing out20 right here.
4: Where did you get it? 2: I don’t think he oughta21 joke about it.
8: I went out walking for a couple of hours last night. 1: What do you want me to do about it?
I walked through the boy’s neighborhood. I 10: Oh, listen! I don’t see what all this stuff about
bought that at a little pawn shop just two blocks the knife’s got to do with anything. Somebody
from the boy’s house. It cost six dollars. saw the kid stab his father. What more do we
4: It’s against the law to buy or sell switchblade need? You guys can talk the ears right off my
knives. head. You know what I mean? I got three gar-
8: That’s right. I broke the law. ages of mine going to pot22 while you’re talking.
3: Listen, you pulled a real bright trick16. Now sup- So let’s get done and get outa23 here.
posing you tell me what it proves. Maybe there 11: The knife was very important to the district at-
are ten knives like that. So what? torney. He spent a whole day...
8: Maybe there are! 10: He’s a 15th assistant or something. What does
3: Well, what does it mean? You found another knife he know about it?
like it. What’s that? The discovery of the age or 1: Hey, let’s hold it down24. These side arguments25
something? are only slowing us up. Well, what about it?
12: You mean you’re asking us to believe that 3: You’re the only one.
somebody else did the stabbing with exactly the 8: I have a proposition to make to all of you. I’m
same kind of knife? gonna call for another vote. I want you eleven
7: The odds are a million to one. men to vote by secret written ballot. I’ll abstain.
8: It’s possible! If there are eleven votes for guilty, I won’t stand
4: But not very probable. alone. We’ll take in a guilty verdict to the judge
1: OK, fellas. Let’s take our seats. There’s no point right now. But if anyone votes not guilty, we’ll
standing around all over the place. stay here and talk it out. Well, that’s it. If you
2: You know, it’s interesting that he’d find a knife want to try it, I’m ready.
exactly like the one the boy bought. 7: All right. Let’s do it the hard way26.
3: What’s interesting about it? Interesting! 1: Okay, that sounds fair. Everyone agreed? Anyone
2: Well, I don’t know. I just thought it was inter- doesn’t agree?
esting. 7: Fine, fine. Let’s go.
3: There are still eleven of us here who think he’s 1: Here, pass these along.
guilty. 7: Is that a right time?
10: Right. What do you think you’re gonna accom-
plish? You’re not gonna change anybody’s mind.
So if you wanna be stubborn and hang this ju-
ry17, go ahead. The kid’ll be tried again and
found guilty sure as he’s born.
8: That’s probably right.
7: So, what are you gonna do? You know, we could
be here all night.
9: It’s only one night. A boy may die.
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Section 4 2人目 he gambled for support and I gave it to him. I
respect his motives. The boy on trial is probably
1: Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. guilty, but... I want to hear more. Right now,
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Not guilty. Guilty. the vote is ten to two. I’m talking here! You
10: Boy, how do you like that? have no right to leave this room!
7: And another chap flips his wings27! 8: He can’t hear you. He never will. Let’s sit down.
10: All right. Who was it? Come on, I wanna know. 4: Shall we continue?
11: Excuse me. This was a secret ballot. We all 1: Well, I think we ought to take a break. You know,
agreed on that, no? If the gentleman wants it to one man’s inside and I think we ought to wait
remain secret... for him.
3: Secret? What do you mean, secret? There are no 4: Okay.
secrets in a jury room. I know who it was. 12: Looks like we’re really hung up29 here, huh?
Brother, you really are something. You sit here, And that thing with the old man, that was
vote guilty like the rest of us, then some gold- pretty unexpected. Wish I could figure out some
en-voiced preacher starts tearing your poor way we could break it up. You know, in adver-
heart out about some underprivileged kid just tising... I told you I worked in an agency30? Well,
couldn’t help becoming a murderer and you there’s some pretty strange people working
change your vote. If that isn’t the most sicken- there. Well, they’re not strange really, I guess.
ing... Why don’t you drop a quarter in his col- It’s just they have peculiar ways of expressing
lection box? themselves. You know what I mean. Of course, I
5: Oh, now just wait a minute. Listen, you can’t talk suppose it’s the same in your business too, huh?
to me like that. Who do you think you are? - What do you do?
4: Calm down, calm down. 11: I’m a watchmaker.
5: No. Who does he think he is? 12: Oh, really? Well, I imagine the finest watch-
4: It doesn’t matter. He’s very excitable. Sit down. makers in the world come from Europe, huh?
3: Excitable? You bet I’m excitable! We’re trying to Anyway, as I was telling you, in an agency,
put a guilty man in the chair28, where he be- when we reach a point like this... I’m telling
longs. Someone starts telling us fairy tales and him about, in an ad agency, when a point like
we’re listening! this is reached in a meeting, there’s always
1: Hey, uh, come on, huh? some character ready with an idea, see. And it
3: What made you change your vote? kills31 me. It’s the weirdest thing, the way they
9: He didn’t change his vote. I did. sometimes precede their idea with a phrase32.
10: Oh, fine. Like, some account exec33 will get up and he’ll
7: I knew it. say: “OK, here’s an idea. Let’s... run it up the
9: Would you like me to tell you why? flagpole and see if anyone salutes it34.” I mean,
7: No, I wouldn’t like you to tell me why. it’s idiotic, but it’s funny.
9: I’d like to make it clear anyway, if you don’t mind. 3: I... got a little excited back there. I... didn’t mean
10: Do we have to listen to this? to get nasty. Glad you’re not one of those who
6: The man wants to talk. lets these emotional appeals influence him.
9: Thank you. This gentleman has been standing 6: I don’t know what’s the matter with that fan.
alone against us. Now he doesn’t say the boy is Can’t seem to get it to start.
not guilty. He just isn’t sure. Well, it’s not easy 7: Hey, you a salesman?
to stand alone against the ridicule of others. So 8: I’m an architect.
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7: You know what the soft sell35 is? Boy, you’ve got
it, believe me. I’ve got a different technique.
Laughs, drinks, jokes, tricks. You know? Yeah.
Hit ’em 36 where they live37 that’s my motto. I
made 27 grand38 last year selling marmalade.
That’s not bad. I mean, you know, considering
marmalade. What are you getting out of this?
Kicks39? Or did somebody bump you on the
head one time and you haven’t gotten over it?
8: Maybe.
7: You know, you do-gooders40 are all alike. You’re
always blowing your stacks41 over some guy
that fanned42. But what are you wasting our
time for? Why don’t you donate five dollars to
the cause? Maybe it’ll make you feel better.
This kid is guilty, pal. It’s as plain as the nose
on your face43. So why don’t we stop wasting our
time here? We’re gonna all get sore throats if we
keep it up, you know?
8: What difference does it make if you get it here or
at the ball game?
7: Oh, no difference, pal. No difference at all.
6: Nice bunch of guys, huh?
8: They’re about the same as anyone else.
6: Boy, what a murderous day. You think we’ll be
much longer?
8: I don’t know.
6: He’s guilty for sure. Not a doubt in the whole
world. We should’ve...We should’ve been done
already. Oh, I don’t mind, you know. Beats44
working. You think he’s not guilty, huh?
8: I don’t know. It’s possible.
6: Well, I don’t know you, but I’m betting you’ve
never been wronger in your life. You’re wasting
your time. You ought to wrap it up45.
8: Supposing you were the one who was on trial?
6: Well, I’m not used to supposing. I’m just a work-
ing man. My boss does the supposing. But... I’ll
try one. Supposing you talk us all out of this46
and...the kid really did knife his father, huh?

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