Release, runtime and language

1997 · 117 mins · English

Directed by

William Friedkin

Starring

Courtney B. Vance, Edward James Olmos, Hume Cronyn, James Gandolfini, George C. Scott, William Petersen

During a tense courtroom deliberation over a teenager accused of murdering his father, Juror 8 alone questions the rush to a guilty verdict. He challenges the other jurors’ assumptions and biases, slowly exposing inconsistencies in the evidence and forcing the group to confront their own prejudices before reaching a fair decision.