Overview
Plot
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The case draws national attention, and reporter E.K. Hornbeck brings in defense attorney Henry Drummond to face prosecutor Matthew Brady, a former presidential candidate and old adversary.
- Directors
- Stanley Kramer
- Cast
- Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan, Claude Akins, Elliott Reid, Paul Hartman, Philip Coolidge, Jimmy Boyd, Noah Beery Jr., Norman Fell, Gordon Polk, Hope Summers, Ray Teal, Renee Godfrey, Florence Eldridge, John Alban, Leon Alton
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1960-07-07
- Studios
- Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
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Warning: spoilers
Inherit the Wind Plot and Cast
When schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, his case becomes a national sensation. Newspaper reporter E.K. Hornbeck arranges for renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to represent Cates. The prosecutor is Matthew Brady, a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and longtime adversary of Drummond.
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