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Inherit the Wind
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
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.
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Cast
Spencer TracyHenry Drummond
Fredric MarchMatthew Harrison Brady
Gene KellyE.K. Hornbeck
Dick YorkBertram T. Cates
Donna AndersonRachel Brown
Harry MorganJudge Mel
Claude AkinsRev. Jeremiah Brown
Elliott ReidProsecutor Tom Davenport
Paul HartmanBailiff Mort Meeker
Philip CoolidgeMayor Jason Carter
Jimmy BoydHoward
Noah Beery Jr.John Stebbins
Norman FellWGN Radio Technician- Gordon PolkGeorge Sillers
Details
- Director
- Stanley Kramer
- Writers
- Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith, Jerome Lawrence
- Release date
- July 7, 1960
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $2M worldwide
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
