Hay, Bruce2013-12-052007Bruce L. Hay, Charades: Religious Allegory in 12 Angry Men, 82 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 811 (2007).0009-3599http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11352717This essay, a contribution to a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the film 12 Angry Men, shows that the film is an intricate, carefully constructed allegory of a series of stories from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The essay offers some conjectures on the relation between the film's biblical subtext and its surface political themes.en-USJournal Article