Inherit the Wind

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-11-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (19279 Reviews)

Director:

Stanley Kramer

Genres:

Drama History

Cast:

Spencer Tracy Fredric March Gene Kelly Dick York

Writer:

Nedrick Young (screenplay)

Harold Jacob Smith (screenplay)

Jerome Lawrence (play)

Robert E. Lee (play)

Fullplot:

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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