Drama · United States of America · 1960 · 2h 8m

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind poster
Director
Stanley Kramer
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
Crew
Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography Frederic Knudtson — Editor Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer Nedrick Young — Screenplay Harold Jacob Smith — Screenplay Stanley Kramer — Producer
Tagline

It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
professorpoliticianbased on true storytrialteachertribunallawyercourtroomevolutionrhetoricscopes monkey trial1920s
Key Collaborators
Stanley Kramer Director Ernest Laszlo Director of Photography Frederic Knudtson Editor Ernest Gold Original Music Composer Nedrick Young Screenplay Harold Jacob Smith Screenplay Stanley Kramer Producer Rudolph Sternad Production Design Joe King Costume Design
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