On this date, Sidney Lumet’s searing courtroom drama premieres at New York’s Capitol theater. With a crackerjack script by Reginal Rose, adapted from his teleplay, and a stellar cast including Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, and E. G. Marshall, as well as a host of soon-to-become-familiar faces.
This is Lumet’s first work for the big screen, after a distinguished career in live TV drama.
