Reginald Rose wrote a play adapted from his 1957 teleplay, and later film, script of the same name. The film became famous with Henry Fonda in the lead role as foreman of a jury. What was the play?
Henry Fonda Hitchcock in 1956, playing a man falsely accused of robbery in "The Wrong Man"; the unusual semidocumentary work of Hitchcock was based on an actual incident and partly filmed on location. In 1957, Fonda made his first foray into producing with "12 Angry Men", in which he also starred. The film was based on a teleplay and a script by Reginald Rose, and directed by Sidney Lumet. The low-budget production was completed in 17 days of filming, mostly in one claustrophobic jury room. It had a strong cast, including also Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, and E. G.
The Bad Seed (play) the role as the mother), Patty McCormack, Eileen Heckart and Henry Jones. Interest in the play was strong enough that "Life" magazine ran an extensive story on the production a week before it opened. The play was shortlisted for the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, but Joseph Pulitzer Jr. pressured the prize jury into presenting it to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" instead. The play was adapted by John Lee Mahin into an Academy Award-nominated 1956 film of the same name, directed by Mervyn Leroy. Kelly, McCormack, Heckart, and Jones all reprised their stage roles in the film. The