Inherit the Wind (1960)
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
- Released
- Runtime 2h 8m
- Director Stanley Kramer
- Genres Drama
- Rating 7.7/10 (489 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Spencer Tracy
as Henry Drummond
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Fredric March
as Matthew Harrison Brady
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Gene Kelly
as E.K. Hornbeck
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Dick York
as Bertram T. Cates
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Donna Anderson
as Rachel Brown
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Harry Morgan
as Judge Mel
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Claude Akins
as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
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Elliott Reid
as Prosecutor Tom Davenport
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Paul Hartman
as Bailiff Mort Meeker
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Philip Coolidge
as Mayor Jason Carter
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Jimmy Boyd
as Howard
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Noah Beery Jr.
as John Stebbins
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Norman Fell
as WGN Radio Technician
- Gordon Polk as George Sillers
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Hope Summers
as Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
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Ray Teal
as Jessie H. Dunlap
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Renee Godfrey
as Mrs. Stebbins
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Florence Eldridge
as Sarah Brady
Crew
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Stanley Kramer
Director
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Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
- Frederic Knudtson Editor
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Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
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Stanley Kramer
Producer
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Nedrick Young
Screenplay
- Harold Jacob Smith Screenplay
