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Inherit the Wind
“It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!”
7.7 / 10• 1960• 2h 8m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Kramer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Inherit the Wind is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
