Inherit the Wind

Name: Inherit the Wind
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-07-07
Duration: 7680 min
Rating: 7.7

7.7 1960 2h 8m United States of America

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.

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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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Directors

Stanley Kramer

Writers

Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young, Jerome Lawrence, Robert Edwin Lee

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

Production

Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists

Languages

English, Italian

Countries

United States of America