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.
Title | Inherit the Wind |
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Year | 1960 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists |
Cast | Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan |
Crew | Stanley Kramer (Producer), Nedrick Young (Screenplay), Stanley Kramer (Director), Harold Jacob Smith (Screenplay), Ernest Gold (Original Music Composer), James Lister (Casting) |
Keyword | politician, based on true story, trial, teacher, lawyer, courtroom, evolution, rhetoric, scopes monkey trial, judiciary, courtroom drama |
Release | Jul 07, 1960 |
Runtime | 128 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.70 / 10 by 415 users |
Popularity | 15 |
Budget | 2,000,000 |
Revenue | 2,000,000 |
Language | English, Italiano |