Inherit the Wind (1960)
Directed by Stanley Kramer
2h 8m
Drama
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.
Cast
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Crew
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Nedrick Young
Screenplay
Stanley Kramer
Director
Harold Jacob Smith
Screenplay
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
James Lister
Casting
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ivan Volkman
Assistant Director
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