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Inherit the Wind

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

  • Movie
  • 1960
  • NR
  • 2h 8m

Directed by Stanley Kramer

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 498 votes

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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 and crew

  • Spencer Tracy

    Spencer TracyHenry Drummond

  • Fredric March

    Fredric MarchMatthew Harrison Brady

  • Gene Kelly

    Gene KellyE.K. Hornbeck

  • Dick York

    Dick YorkBertram T. Cates

  • Donna Anderson

    Donna AndersonRachel Brown

  • Harry Morgan

    Harry MorganJudge Mel

  • Claude Akins

    Claude AkinsRev. Jeremiah Brown

  • Elliott Reid

    Elliott ReidProsecutor Tom Davenport

  • Paul Hartman

    Paul HartmanBailiff Mort Meeker

  • Philip Coolidge

    Philip CoolidgeMayor Jason Carter

  • Jimmy Boyd

    Jimmy BoydHoward

  • Noah Beery Jr.

    Noah Beery Jr.John Stebbins

  • Norman Fell

    Norman FellWGN Radio Technician

  • Gordon PolkGeorge Sillers

  • Hope Summers

    Hope SummersMrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman

  • Ray Teal

    Ray TealJessie H. Dunlap

  • Renee Godfrey

    Renee GodfreyMrs. Stebbins

  • Florence Eldridge

    Florence EldridgeSarah Brady

Director
Stanley Kramer
Writer
Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith
Music
Ernest Gold
Cinematography
Ernest Laszlo