For many years, only the first half of the kinescope of the live 1954 television version of "12 Angry Men" (shown as an episode of this series, and upon which the movie version (12 Angry Men (1957)) was based) was thought to survive, and had been in the possession of the Museum of Television & Radio since 1976. In 2003, a complete 16mm kinescope was discovered in the collection of Samuel Liebowitz (former defense attorney and judge) and was also acquired by the museum.
Originally a CBS radio dramatic anthology series, which was directed by Fletcher Markle, who was often heard on the series in leading roles with his future wife, Mercedes McCambridge.