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Inherit the Wind

Drama
7.7·1960·2h 8m

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne...

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Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Henry Drummond

Fredric March

Fredric March

Matthew Harrison Brady

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

E.K. Hornbeck

Dick York

Dick York

Bertram T. Cates

Donna Anderson

Donna Anderson

Rachel Brown

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Judge Mel

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Rev. Jeremiah Brown

Elliott Reid

Elliott Reid

Prosecutor Tom Davenport

DIRECTOR

Stanley Kramer

OVERVIEW

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.