12 Angry Men Page #5

I meant . . . well, anyway, I think he was guilty.

NO.3:
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 down the stairs 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.

NO.3:
Right. Now what else do you want?

NO. 4:
The boy's entire story is flimsy. He claimed he was at the movies. That's a little ridiculous, isn't it? He

couldn't even remember what pictures he saw.

NO. 3:
That's right. Did you hear that? (To NO. 4) You're absolutely right.

NO. 10:
Look, what about the woman across the street? If her testimony don't prove it, then nothing does.

NO. 12:
That's right. She saw the killing, didn't she?

FOREMAN:
Let's go in order.

NO. 10:
(loud). Just a minute. Here's a woman who's lying in bed and can't sleep. It's hot, you know. (He gets

up and begins to walk around, blowing his nose and talking.) Anyway, she looks out the window and right

across the street she sees the kid stick the knife into his father. She's known the kid all his life. His window is

right opposite hers, across the el tracks, and she swore she saw him do it.

NO. 8:
Through the windows of a passing elevated train.

NO. 10:
Okay. And they proved in court that you can look through the windows of a passing el train at night

and see what's happening on the other side. They proved it.

NO. 8:
I'd like to ask you something. How come you believed her? She's one of "them" too, isn't she: I'd like to ask you something. How come you believed her? She's one of "them" too, isn't she?

[NO. 10 walks over to NO. 8:]

NO. 10:
(sarcastically) You're a pretty smart fellow, aren't you?

FOREMAN:
(rising) Now take it easy.

[NO. 3 gets up and goes to NO. 10:]

NO.3:
Come on. Sit down. (He leads NO. 10 back to his seat.) What're you letting him get you all upset for?

Relax.

[NO. 10 and NO. 3 sit down.]

FOREMAN:
Let's calm down now. Number. 5, it's your turn.

NO. 5:
I’ll pass it.

FOREMAN:
That's your privilege. (To NO. 6) How about you?

NO.6:
(slowly). I don't know. I started to be convinced, you know, with the testimony from those people across

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