Inherit the Wind

Name: Inherit the Wind
Director: Stanley Kramer
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-07-07
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson

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1960 · 128 min · NR · Drama · TMDB 7.7/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Stanley Kramer

Cast

Spencer Tracy — Henry Drummond
Fredric March — Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly — E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York — Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson — Rachel Brown