Drama
Inherit the Wind
"It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!"
User Score456 votes
77%7.7/10
Release1960→
Runtime2H 8M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
Principal Cast8
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Media31
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Director
Stanley Kramer
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Budget$2M
Revenue$2M
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politicianbased on true storytrialteacherlawyercourtroomevolutionrhetoricscopes monkey trialjudiciarycourtroom drama
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Stanley Kramer ProductionsUnited Artists