12 Angry Men is a 1957 American English-language Crime Drama film featuring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E. G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam and Walter Stocker. There are two witnesses: a lady from across the street and an old man who lives below the defendant. Orion-Nova Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose. The movie is directed by Sidney Lumet. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. 12 Angry Men was released on 3rd April 1957 and takes a screen time of 96 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. 12 Angry Men was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $2 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Reginald Rose. Cinematography was done by Boris Kaufman and editing by Carl Lerner. The music was composed by Kenyon Hopkins.