Twelve Angry Men (1954)

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954 the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film 12 Angry Men 1957 The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor