"[3] In the interim, he worked as an ad agency's copywriter, a publicist for Warner Bros,[3] a window washer, a clerk, and a counselor at a camp.

This latter drama, set entirely in a room where a jury is deliberating the fate of a teenage boy accused of murder, was inspired by Rose's service on a similar trial.

Rose said about his own jury service: "It was such an impressive, solemn setting in a great big wood-paneled courtroom, with a silver-haired judge, it knocked me out.

"[1] Rose received an Emmy for his teleplay Twelve Angry Men and an Oscar nomination for its 1957 feature-length film adaptation.

His teleplay "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" was the basis for a 1963 episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.

The theme was how individuals glorify the past by repressing and exercising censorship of the negative aspects: we remember the good while we forget the bad.

Rose wrote screenplays for many dramas, beginning with Crime in the Streets (1956), an adaptation of his 1955 teleplay for The Elgin Hour.

[6] Columbia University Libraries also have scripts, "cast lists, shooting schedules, and allied notes and papers" related to The Defenders.