Reginald Rose: A Biography13 -- Characters and Plot 27 -- Chapter 1 Insights from the Makers of Twelve Angry Men -- 1. Creating the Original Story / Reginald Rose 36 -- 2. Challenges of Screenwriting the 1957 Film Version / Reginald Rose, interviewed by Life 40 -- 3. Challenges of Directing the 1957 Film Version / Sidney Lumet, interviewed 44 -- 4. Filming Twelve Angry Men on a Single Set / Boris Kaufman 46 -- 5. Producing and Releasing the 1957 Film / Henry Fonda 51 -- Chapter 2 Scholarly Analysis of Twelve Angry Men -- 1. Twelve Angry Men Endorses Pluralism and Consensus / Peter Biskind 56 -- 2. Justice and Democracy Depend on Liberalism and Reason / Frank R. Cunningham 67 -- 3. Twelve Angry Men Produces Critical Thinking About the Jury System / Henry F. Nardone 84 -- 4. Twelve Angry Men Presents an Idealized View of the Jury System / David Burnell Smith 97 -- 5. An Unconvincing Film with an Important Message / Thomas J. Harris 102 -- Chapter 3 Critical Reviews of Twelve Angry Men -- 1. 1954 Production Was Excellent Television Drama / Leonard Traube 107 -- 2. Twelve Angry Men Is a Shallow Call to Civic-Mindedness / Jonathan Baumbach 109 -- 3. Twelve Angry Men Questions the Possibility of Receiving a Fair Trial / James J. Desmarais 113 -- 4. Twelve Angry Men Is a Cinematic Success / Leslie Halliwell 118 -- 5. 1996 London Stage Version Is Timely / Matt Wolf 122 -- 6. Updating the Screenplay for the 1997 Remake / Susan King 125 -- Chapter 4 Jury Behavior in Real Life -- 1. How Jurors Deliberate and Reach Verdicts / Melvyn Bernard Zerman 130.