Reginald Rose was once part of a jury that debated a manslaughter case for eight hours. This incident inspired him to create what drama that has seen multiple adaptations?
Reginald Rose New York) before serving in the U.S. Army in 1942-46, where he became a first lieutenant. Rose was married twice, to Barbara Langbart in 1943, with whom he had four children, and to Ellen McLaughlin (not the playwright and actor) in 1963, with whom he had two children. He died in 2002 from complications of heart failure. He sold his first teleplay, "Bus to Nowhere", in 1950 to the live CBS dramatic anthology program "Studio One", for which he wrote "Twelve Angry Men" four years later. This latter drama, set entirely in a room where a jury is deliberating the
Reginald Rose fate of a teenage boy accused of murder, was inspired by Rose's service on just such a trial.The play was later made into the 1957 black-and-white film of the same name. The Internet Movie Database quotes Rose's memories of this experience: "It was such an impressive, solemn setting in a great big wood-paneled courtroom, with a silver-haired judge, it knocked me out. I was overwhelmed. I was on a jury for a manslaughter case, and we got into this terrific, furious, eight-hour argument in the jury room. I was writing one-hour dramas for "Studio One" then, and I thought, wow,