Editing 12 Angry Men (1957 film) (section)

==Adaptations and parodies==
There have been a number of adaptations of ''12 Angry Men'' owing to its popularity and legacy.

A 1963 German TV production, ''Die zwölf Geschworenen'', was directed by Günter Gräwert, and a 1973 Spanish production, '' Doce hombres sin piedad'', was made for TV 22 years before Spain allowed jury trials, while a 1991 homage by [[Kōki Mitani]], {{lang|ja|Juninin no Yasashii Nihonjin}} ("12 gentle Japanese"), posits a Japan with a jury system and features a group of Japanese people grappling with their responsibility in the face of Japanese cultural norms.

A 1970 episode of ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' television series (also co-starring Jack Klugman) entitled "The Jury Story" is reminiscent of ''12 Angry Men'', as it tells in a flashback the circumstances behind the meeting of roommates Oscar Madison and Felix Unger. Klugman (Madison) plays a juror on a panel during a supposedly open-and-shut case. Co-star [[Tony Randall]] (Unger) portrays the lone holdout who votes not guilty, eventually convincing the other eleven jurors.

A 1978 episode of ''[[Happy Days]]'' entitled "Fonzie for the Defense" contains a situation similar to ''12 Angry Men'' when [[Howard Cunningham (Happy Days)|Howard Cunningham]] and [[Fonzie]] find themselves the only members of the jury who are not ready to convict the defendant just because he rides a motorcycle.

A 1986 episode of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' entitled "[[List of Murder, She Wrote episodes#Season 2 (1985–86)|Trial by Error]]" pays tribute to ''12 Angry Men''. The major twists are originally 10 jurors vote for "not guilty" due to self defense, Jessica votes "unsure" and another juror votes "guilty". Jessica and other jurors recall the evidence, as more and more jurors switch from "not guilty due to self defense" and come to a realization as to what actually occurred the night of the murder.

The 1986 [[Hindi]] film {{lang|hi-Latn|[[Ek Ruka Hua Faisla]]}} ("a pending decision") and 2012 [[Kannada]] film {{lang|kn|[[Dashamukha]]}} ("ten faces") are Indian remakes of the film, with almost identical storylines. The former has been adapted as another Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei]]'' which was released in January 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-21 |title=The poster of Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei is out |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/the-poster-of-shotyi-bole-shotyi-kichhu-nei-is-out/articleshow/116528403.cms |access-date=2024-12-21 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Season 1, episode 17a of the Nickelodeon cartoon ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' (1996) is a parody of ''12 Angry Men''. In the episode, titled "False Alarm", Eugene is suspected and accused of pulling the fire alarm, and a student jury is assembled to vote on the verdict, but Arnold is the only one who believes Eugene is innocent. He has to convince the rest of his classmates that Eugene is not guilty of the crime. In this adaptation, it is proven that Eugene was not the criminal but Curly a member of the student "jury" is the actual perpetrator due to the latter's reaction to the former's use of the Winkyland pencil (chewing on the eraser and intense sharpening).

In 1997, a television remake of the film [[12 Angry Men (1997 film)|under the same title]] was directed by [[William Friedkin]] and produced by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. In the newer version, the judge is a woman, four of the jurors are black, and the ninth juror is not the only senior citizen, but the overall plot remains intact. Modernizations include not smoking in the jury room, changes in references to pop culture and sports figures and income, references to execution by lethal injection as opposed to the electric chair, more race-related dialogue, and casual profanity.

The detective drama television show ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', which like the film includes the theme of class issues, featured a 2005 episode, "[[One Angry Veronica]]", in which the title character is selected for jury duty. The episode flips the film's format and depicts one holdout convincing the jury to convict the privileged defendants of assault against a less well-off victim, despite their lawyers initially convincing 11 jury members of a not guilty verdict.

In a 2022 episode of ''[[The Equalizer (2021 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'' called "[[List of The Equalizer (2021 TV series) episodes#ep26|Vox Populi]]," Aunt Vi is the only juror who doesn't automatically assume that the black male defendant is obviously guilty of the rape and murder of a white woman. As McCall works the case outside of the courtroom, Vi challenges the evidence and assumptions of the prosecution's narrative with the other jurors.

Russian director [[Nikita Mikhalkov]] also made a 2007 [[Academy Award for Best International Film|Academy Award]]-nominated adaptation, ''[[12 (2007 film)|12]]'', featuring a Chechen teen on trial in Moscow.

A 2015 Chinese adaptation, ''[[12 Citizens]]'', follows the plot of the original 1957 American film, while including characters reflecting contemporary Beijing society, including a cab driver, guard, businessman, policeman, a retiree persecuted in a 1950s political movement, and others.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/12-citizens-shanghai-review-804416|title='12 Citizens' Shanghai Review|first1=Deborah|last1=Young|magazine=Hollywood Reporter|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211032/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/12-citizens-shanghai-review-804416|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Juror 8]]'' is a 2019 South Korean adaptation, directed by Hong Seung-wan.

The film has also been subject to parody. In 2015, the [[Comedy Central]] TV series ''[[Inside Amy Schumer]]'' aired a half-hour parody of the film titled "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer".<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyons |first=Margaret |title=Behold Inside Amy Schumer's Dead-On ''12 Angry Men'' |url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/amy-schumer-12-angry-men-pictures.html |url-status=live |work=[[New York (magazine)#Digital|Vulture]] |access-date=May 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507142116/http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/amy-schumer-12-angry-men-pictures.html |archive-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Watch Krapopolis: Season 1, Episode 5, "12 Angry Goat Herders" Online – Fox Nation |url=https://nation.foxnews.com/watch/d30067a947b759ada8964cbd18fd9194 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Watch Krapopolis: 12 Angry Goat Herders Online – Fox Nation}}</ref>

The film was also parodied in the BBC Television comedy ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', starring [[Tony Hancock]] and [[Sid James]], and written by [[Ray Galton]] and [[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Alan Simpson]], in [[Twelve Angry Men (Hancock's Half Hour)|the episode]] broadcast on October 16, 1959. ''[[Family Guy]]'' paid tribute to the film with its Season 11 episode titled "[[12 and a Half Angry Men]]", and ''[[King of the Hill]]'' acknowledged the film with their parody "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men" in season 3.

The American adult animated sitcom ''[[Krapopolis]]'' also parodied the film in the fifth episode of its first season, titled "12 Angry Goat Herders". In it, Tyrannis invents the court system after Shlub is accused of eating the goats of the goat farmers. Tyrannis represented Shlub while the goat farmers were represented by Brenda the Sphinx.<ref name=":0" />