12 Angry Men (1) Flashcards
- All I’ve done all day is sweat
I bet you aren’t sweating like that kid who was tried
door locks
….Did he lock that door?
door four. Yes, he did
What do they think we are, crooks?
Foreman. they lock us up for awhile.
and then they lock that kid up forever and that’s okay by me
- its been a pretty hard week.
I feel just fine
- I didn’t object to doing my duty. I just mentioned that I might not have a job by the time i get back
(to four) ask her to hire you. she’s rich. Look at the suit!
Foreman. –later they found out that he’d actually done it, anyways. a guilty man-a murderer-was turned loose in the streets.
did they get him?
4.they couldn’t
why not?
- –they cant try a man twice for the same crime.
- that isn’t going to happen here
six days. they should have finished it in two (slap) Talk! Talk! Talk! (starts to water cooler)Did you ever hear so much talk about nothing?
- well-I guess-they’re entitled (at water cooler)
everybody gets a fair trial. . . (shake head) thats the system (drink) well, I suppose you cant say anything against it (toss cup, miss then sit)
- we all agreed that it was hot.
- and that our tempers will get short
that’s if we disagree- but this is open and shut. lets get it done.
- Yeah. Let’s see who’s where
Right. Let’s vote now.
Not guilty? (eights hand goes up as we all look)
Hey, you’re in left field!
Foreman. Okay. Eleven to one. Eleven guilty, one not guilty. Now we know where we stand.
(rising to eight) Do you really believe he’s not guilty?
- I don’t believe that it is as simple as A, B, C.
I never saw a guiltier man in my life. (sits again)
- What does a guilty man look like? he is not guilty until we say he is guilty. are we to vote on his face?
You sat right in court and heard the same things I did. the man’s a dangerous killer. you could see it
8.where do you look to see if a man is a killer?
(irritated) Oh, well! . . .
- He’s nineteen years old.
that’s old enough. he knifed his own father. four inches into the chest. an innocent little nineteen-year-old kid.
- –I worked my way through college. That was a long time ago, and perhaps you do forget I fought, yes, but I never killed.
I know what its like. I never killed nobody.
- I agree with you that the boy is guilty but I think we should try to avoid emotionally colored arguments
All right. they proved it a dozen different ways. Do you want me to list them?
8.I don’t want to change your mind.
Just what are you thinking of?
- –since when is dishonesty a group characteristic? you have no monopoly on the truth!
(interrupt) All right. its not Sunday. We don’t need a sermon.
- Take my chair
- thank you
Foreman. shall we get back to the case?
Yeah, let’s.
2 (stuttering) –I think he’s guilty!
8. No reasons just guilty. there is a life at stake here.
Okay, let’s get to the facts. Number one: let’s take the old man who lived on the second floor right underneath the room where the murder took place. at ten minutes after twelve on the night of the killing he heard loud noises in the upstairs apartment. he said it sounded like a fight. then he heard the kid say to his father, “I’m gonna kill you.” A second later he heard a body falling, and he ran to the door of his apartment, looked out and saw the kid running downstairs and out of the house. Then he called the police. They found the father with a knife in his chest.
Foreman. and the coroner fixed the time of death at around midnight
Right. Now what else do you want?
- –That’s a little ridiculous, isn’t it? He couldn’t even remember what picture he saw.
That’s right. Did you hear that? (to 4) You’re absolutely right.
