The movie is in black and white it takes place in New York City. The 12 jurors are deliberating on a murder case against a young Hispanic man. The jury room is sweltering and the jurors are arguing about wanting to reach a verdict quickly because it's hot and they have other places to go to. The first vote is 11 guilty 1 not guilty. Now the only way to reach a verdict is unanimously vote all guilty or all innocent and the 12 jurors start arguing about wanting to reach a guilty verdict. They keep deliberating and then vote now it's 10 guilty 2 not guilty ect.