12 Angry Men Quotes
Juror #8 : I'd like to find out if an old man who drags one foot when he walks, cause he had a stroke last year, could get from his bedroom to his front door in fifteen seconds.
Juror #3 : He said twenty seconds.
Juror #8 : He said fifteen!
Juror #3 : He said twenty seconds! What are you tryin' to distort...
Juror #9 : He said fifteen.
Juror #3 : How does he know how long fifteen seconds is? You can't judge a thing like that.
Juror #9 : He said fifteen seconds. He was very positive about it.
Juror #3 : He was an old man. Half the time he was confused. How could he be positive about anything! [ realizes what he's just admitted ]
Juror #3 : He said twenty seconds.
Juror #8 : He said fifteen!
Juror #3 : He said twenty seconds! What are you tryin' to distort...
Juror #9 : He said fifteen.
Juror #3 : How does he know how long fifteen seconds is? You can't judge a thing like that.
Juror #9 : He said fifteen seconds. He was very positive about it.
Juror #3 : He was an old man. Half the time he was confused. How could he be positive about anything! [ realizes what he's just admitted ]
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Juror #5 : Boy oh boy, it's really hot, huh? Pardon me, but don't you ever sweat?
Juror #4 : No, I don't.
Juror #4 : No, I don't.
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[ after another vote is taken, the count is six to six ]
Juror #10 : Six to six... I'm telling you, some of you people in here must be out of your minds. A kid like that...
Juror #9 : I don't think the kind of boy he is has anything to do with it. The facts are supposed to determine the case.
Juror #10 : Don't give me that. I'm sick and tired of facts! You can twist 'em anyway you like, you know what I mean?
Juror #9 : That's exactly the point this gentleman has been making. [ indicates Juror #8 ]
Juror #10 : Six to six... I'm telling you, some of you people in here must be out of your minds. A kid like that...
Juror #9 : I don't think the kind of boy he is has anything to do with it. The facts are supposed to determine the case.
Juror #10 : Don't give me that. I'm sick and tired of facts! You can twist 'em anyway you like, you know what I mean?
Juror #9 : That's exactly the point this gentleman has been making. [ indicates Juror #8 ]
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[ Juror #9 has pointed out that the woman witness across the street had marks on her nose indicating she normally wore glasses ]
Juror #8 : [ to Juror #4 ] Do you wear glasses when you go to bed?
Juror #4 : No. I don't. No one wears eyeglasses to bed.
Juror #8 : It's logical to assume that she wasn't wearing them when she was in bed. Tossing and turning, trying to fall asleep.
Juror #3 : How do you know?
Juror #8 : I don't know - I'm guessing! I'm also guessing that she probably didn't put her glasses on when she turned to look casually out of the window. And she, herself, testified the killing took place just as she looked out. The lights went off a split second later - she couldn't have had time to put them on then. Here's another guess: maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father - I say she only saw a blur.
Juror #3 : How do you know WHAT she saw? How does he know all that? How do you know what kind of glasses she wore? Maybe they were sunglasses. Maybe she was far-sighted. What do you know about it?
Juror #8 : I only know the woman's eyesight is in question now.
Juror #11 : She had to be able to identify a person sixty feet away - at night - without glasses.
Juror #2 : You can't send someone off to die on evidence like that!
Juror #3 : Oh, don't give me that.
Juror #8 : Don't you think the woman might have made a mistake?
Juror #3 : No.
Juror #8 : It's not POSSIBLE?
Juror #3 : No, it's not possible!
Juror #3 : [ Juror #8 goes to Juror #12 ] Is it possible?
Juror #12 : [ nods ] Not guilty.
Juror #8 : [ #8 goes to #10 ] Do you think he's guilty? [ #10 shakes his head 'no' ]
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Juror #8 : [ to Juror #4 ] Do you wear glasses when you go to bed?
Juror #4 : No. I don't. No one wears eyeglasses to bed.
Juror #8 : It's logical to assume that she wasn't wearing them when she was in bed. Tossing and turning, trying to fall asleep.
Juror #3 : How do you know?
Juror #8 : I don't know - I'm guessing! I'm also guessing that she probably didn't put her glasses on when she turned to look casually out of the window. And she, herself, testified the killing took place just as she looked out. The lights went off a split second later - she couldn't have had time to put them on then. Here's another guess: maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father - I say she only saw a blur.
Juror #3 : How do you know WHAT she saw? How does he know all that? How do you know what kind of glasses she wore? Maybe they were sunglasses. Maybe she was far-sighted. What do you know about it?
Juror #8 : I only know the woman's eyesight is in question now.
Juror #11 : She had to be able to identify a person sixty feet away - at night - without glasses.
Juror #2 : You can't send someone off to die on evidence like that!
Juror #3 : Oh, don't give me that.
Juror #8 : Don't you think the woman might have made a mistake?
Juror #3 : No.
Juror #8 : It's not POSSIBLE?
Juror #3 : No, it's not possible!
Juror #3 : [ Juror #8 goes to Juror #12 ] Is it possible?
Juror #12 : [ nods ] Not guilty.
Juror #8 : [ #8 goes to #10 ] Do you think he's guilty? [ #10 shakes his head 'no' ]
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Juror #10 : All right, who was it? I wanna know.
Juror #11 : Excuse me, this was a secret ballot. We all agreed on that. Now if the gentleman wants it to remain secret...
Juror #3 : Secret? What do you mean secret? There are no secrets in a jury room, I know who it was. [ to Juror #5 ]
Juror #3 : Brother, you really are something, you sit here vote guilty like the rest of us, then some golden-voiced preacher starts tearing your poor heart out about some underprivileged kid, just couldn't help becoming a murderer, and you change your vote. Well if that isn't the most sickening... Why don't you drop a quarter in his collection box!
Juror #5 : Oh now just wait a minute, listen, you can't talk to me that, who do you think you are?
Juror #4 : Now calm down, calm down!
Juror #5 : No, now who do you think you are?
Juror #4 : It doesn't matter, he's very excitable, just sit down.
Juror #3 : Excitable! You bet I'm excitable. We are trying to put a guilty man in the chair where he belongs, and then someone starts telling us fairytales and we're listening!
Juror #1 : Heya, c'mon now.
Juror #3 : [ to Juror #5 ] What made you change your vote?
Juror #9 : He didn't change his vote. I did!
Juror #10 : Ohhh fine.
Juror #9 : Would you like me to tell ya why?
Juror #7 : No I wouldn't like you to tell me why...
Juror #9 : Well I'd like to make it clear anyways, if you don't mind.
Juror #10 : Do we have to listen to this?
Juror #6 : The man wants to talk.
Juror #9 : Thank you. [ motions to Juror #8 ]
Juror #9 : This gentleman has been standing alone against us. Now he doesn't
Juror #11 : Excuse me, this was a secret ballot. We all agreed on that. Now if the gentleman wants it to remain secret...
Juror #3 : Secret? What do you mean secret? There are no secrets in a jury room, I know who it was. [ to Juror #5 ]
Juror #3 : Brother, you really are something, you sit here vote guilty like the rest of us, then some golden-voiced preacher starts tearing your poor heart out about some underprivileged kid, just couldn't help becoming a murderer, and you change your vote. Well if that isn't the most sickening... Why don't you drop a quarter in his collection box!
Juror #5 : Oh now just wait a minute, listen, you can't talk to me that, who do you think you are?
Juror #4 : Now calm down, calm down!
Juror #5 : No, now who do you think you are?
Juror #4 : It doesn't matter, he's very excitable, just sit down.
Juror #3 : Excitable! You bet I'm excitable. We are trying to put a guilty man in the chair where he belongs, and then someone starts telling us fairytales and we're listening!
Juror #1 : Heya, c'mon now.
Juror #3 : [ to Juror #5 ] What made you change your vote?
Juror #9 : He didn't change his vote. I did!
Juror #10 : Ohhh fine.
Juror #9 : Would you like me to tell ya why?
Juror #7 : No I wouldn't like you to tell me why...
Juror #9 : Well I'd like to make it clear anyways, if you don't mind.
Juror #10 : Do we have to listen to this?
Juror #6 : The man wants to talk.
Juror #9 : Thank you. [ motions to Juror #8 ]
Juror #9 : This gentleman has been standing alone against us. Now he doesn't
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[ first lines ]
Man in corridor : You did a wonderful job, wonderful job!
Judge : To continue, you've listened to a long and complex case, murder in the first degree. Premeditated murder is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts. You've listened to the testimony, you've had the law read to you and interpreted as it applies in this case, it's now your duty to sit down and try to separate the facts from the fancy. One man is dead, another man's life is at stake, if there's a reasonable doubt in your minds as to the guilt of the accused, uh a reasonable doubt, then you must bring me a verdict of "Not Guilty". If, however, there's no reasonable doubt, then you must, in good conscience, find the accused "Guilty". However you decide, your verdict must be unanimous. In the event that you find the accused "Guilty", the bench will not entertain a recommendation for mercy. The death sentence is mandatory in this case. You're faced with a grave responsibility, thank you, gentlemen.
Man in corridor : You did a wonderful job, wonderful job!
Judge : To continue, you've listened to a long and complex case, murder in the first degree. Premeditated murder is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts. You've listened to the testimony, you've had the law read to you and interpreted as it applies in this case, it's now your duty to sit down and try to separate the facts from the fancy. One man is dead, another man's life is at stake, if there's a reasonable doubt in your minds as to the guilt of the accused, uh a reasonable doubt, then you must bring me a verdict of "Not Guilty". If, however, there's no reasonable doubt, then you must, in good conscience, find the accused "Guilty". However you decide, your verdict must be unanimous. In the event that you find the accused "Guilty", the bench will not entertain a recommendation for mercy. The death sentence is mandatory in this case. You're faced with a grave responsibility, thank you, gentlemen.
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Juror #7 : I don't know about the rest of 'em but I'm gettin' a little tired of this yakity-yack and back-and-forth, it's gettin' us nowhere. So I guess *I'll* have to break it up; I change my vote to "not guilty."
Juror #3 : You *what*?
Juror #7 : You heard me, I... had enough.
Juror #3 : What do you mean you've had enough? That's no answer!
Juror #7 : Hey listen, you just uh... take care of yourself, huh? You know?
Juror #11 : He's right. That's not an answer. What kind of a man are you? You have sat here and voted "guilty" with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket? And now you've changed your vote because you say you're sick of all the talking here?
Juror #7 : Now listen buddy!
Juror #11 : Who tells you that you have the right like this to play with a man's life? Don't you care...
Juror #7 : Now wait a minute! You can't talk like that to me!
Juror #11 : I *can* talk like that to you! If you want to vote "not guilty" then do it because you are convinced the man is not guilty, not because you've had enough. And if you think he is guilty then vote that way! But don't you have the guts to do what you think is right?
Juror #7 : Now listen...
Juror #11 : Guilty or not guilty?
Juror #7 : I told ya! Not guilty!
Juror #11 : Why?
Juror #7 : ...Look, I don't have tuh...
Juror #11 : You *do* have to! Say it! Why?
Juror #7 : Uhh... I don't uh... think he's guilty!
Juror #11 : [ stares back with impatient resignation and finally sits down ]
Juror #3 : You *what*?
Juror #7 : You heard me, I... had enough.
Juror #3 : What do you mean you've had enough? That's no answer!
Juror #7 : Hey listen, you just uh... take care of yourself, huh? You know?
Juror #11 : He's right. That's not an answer. What kind of a man are you? You have sat here and voted "guilty" with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket? And now you've changed your vote because you say you're sick of all the talking here?
Juror #7 : Now listen buddy!
Juror #11 : Who tells you that you have the right like this to play with a man's life? Don't you care...
Juror #7 : Now wait a minute! You can't talk like that to me!
Juror #11 : I *can* talk like that to you! If you want to vote "not guilty" then do it because you are convinced the man is not guilty, not because you've had enough. And if you think he is guilty then vote that way! But don't you have the guts to do what you think is right?
Juror #7 : Now listen...
Juror #11 : Guilty or not guilty?
Juror #7 : I told ya! Not guilty!
Juror #11 : Why?
Juror #7 : ...Look, I don't have tuh...
Juror #11 : You *do* have to! Say it! Why?
Juror #7 : Uhh... I don't uh... think he's guilty!
Juror #11 : [ stares back with impatient resignation and finally sits down ]
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Juror #4 : I'll take the testimony from right after the murder, when he couldn't remember a thing about the movies, great emotional stress or not.
Juror #8 : I'd like to ask you a personal question.
Juror #4 : Go ahead.
Juror #8 : Where were you last night?
Juror #4 : I was home all night.
Juror #8 : How about the night before that?
Juror #3 : What is this?
Juror #4 : It's all right. I left the office at 8: 30 and went straight home and to bed.
Juror #8 : And the night before that?
Juror #4 : That was... Tuesday night. The bridge tournament. I played bridge.
Juror #8 : Monday night?
Juror #3 : When you get to New Year's Eve, 1954, let me know.
Juror #4 : Monday night? Monday night... my wife and I went to the movies.
Juror #8 : What did you see?
Juror #4 : "The Scarlet Circle". A whodunit.
Juror #8 : What was the second feature?
Juror #4 : "The"... I'll tell you in a minute..."The... Remarkable Mrs." something... "Bainbridge". "The Remarkable Mrs. Bainbridge".
Juror #2 : I saw that. It's called "The Amazing Mrs. Bainbridge".
Juror #4 : Yes. "The Amazing Mrs. Bainbridge".
Juror #8 : Who was in "The Amazing Mrs. Bainbridge"?
Juror #4 : Barbara... Long, I think it was. A dark, very pretty girl. Ling or... Long, something like that.
Juror #8 : Who else?
Juror #4 : I'd never heard of them before. It was a very inexpensive second feature, with unknown...
Juror #8 : And you weren't under an emotional stress, were you?
Juror #4 : [ slowly, realizing ] No. I wasn't
Juror #8 : I'd like to ask you a personal question.
Juror #4 : Go ahead.
Juror #8 : Where were you last night?
Juror #4 : I was home all night.
Juror #8 : How about the night before that?
Juror #3 : What is this?
Juror #4 : It's all right. I left the office at 8: 30 and went straight home and to bed.
Juror #8 : And the night before that?
Juror #4 : That was... Tuesday night. The bridge tournament. I played bridge.
Juror #8 : Monday night?
Juror #3 : When you get to New Year's Eve, 1954, let me know.
Juror #4 : Monday night? Monday night... my wife and I went to the movies.
Juror #8 : What did you see?
Juror #4 : "The Scarlet Circle". A whodunit.
Juror #8 : What was the second feature?
Juror #4 : "The"... I'll tell you in a minute..."The... Remarkable Mrs." something... "Bainbridge". "The Remarkable Mrs. Bainbridge".
Juror #2 : I saw that. It's called "The Amazing Mrs. Bainbridge".
Juror #4 : Yes. "The Amazing Mrs. Bainbridge".
Juror #8 : Who was in "The Amazing Mrs. Bainbridge"?
Juror #4 : Barbara... Long, I think it was. A dark, very pretty girl. Ling or... Long, something like that.
Juror #8 : Who else?
Juror #4 : I'd never heard of them before. It was a very inexpensive second feature, with unknown...
Juror #8 : And you weren't under an emotional stress, were you?
Juror #4 : [ slowly, realizing ] No. I wasn't
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