Inherit the Wind
1960 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.
Direction Stanley Kramer
Cast Spencer Tracy · Fredric March · Gene Kelly · Dick York · Claude Akins · Florence Eldridge · Donna Anderson · Noah Beery Jr. · Harry Morgan
Soundtrack Ernest Gold
Screenplay Harold Jacob Smith · Nedrick Young · Jerome Lawrence · Robert E. Lee
Cinematography Ernest Laszlo
Original title Inherit the Wind
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4K votes (FilmAffinity)
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