Inherit the Wind
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
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.
Direction
Cast
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
E. K. Hornbeck
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
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Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel Coffey
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
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Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
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Ernest Gold
Composer
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Ernest Laszlo
Cinematographer
