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Inherit the Wind (1960)

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

  • Jul 7, 1960
  • 2h 8m
  • NR
TMDB user score 7.6/10 498 votes on TMDB
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Story

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

  • Spencer Tracy Henry Drummond
  • 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
  • Paul Hartman Bailiff Mort Meeker
  • Philip Coolidge Mayor Jason Carter
  • Jimmy Boyd Howard
  • Noah Beery Jr. John Stebbins
  • Norman Fell WGN Radio Technician
  • Gordon Polk George Sillers
  • Hope Summers Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
  • Ray Teal Jessie H. Dunlap
  • Renee Godfrey Mrs. Stebbins
  • Florence Eldridge Sarah Brady

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