Movie
Inherit the Wind
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-07-07
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond
- Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
- Gene Kelly as E.K. Hornbeck
- Dick York as Bertram T. Cates
- Donna Anderson as Rachel Brown
- Harry Morgan as Judge Mel
- Claude Akins as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
- Elliott Reid as Prosecutor Tom Davenport
- Paul Hartman as Bailiff Mort Meeker
- Philip Coolidge as Mayor Jason Carter
- Jimmy Boyd as Howard
- Noah Beery Jr. as John Stebbins
Crew
- Stanley Kramer - Director
- Nedrick Young - Screenplay
- Harold Jacob Smith - Screenplay
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