Released Date:
1960-11-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
128 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
8.2 (19279 Reviews)
Director:
Stanley KramerNedrick Young (screenplay)
Harold Jacob Smith (screenplay)
Jerome Lawrence (play)
Robert E. Lee (play)
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.
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