Inherit the Wind
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
19602h 8mNo ratings yet
- Drama
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.
Keywords
- based on true story
- lawyer
- teacher
- courtroom
- politician
- evolution
- courtroom drama
- trial
- judiciary
- rhetoric
- scopes monkey trial
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 7, 1960
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,Stanley Kramer Productions
- Cast
- Spencer Tracy,Fredric March,Gene Kelly,Dick York,Donna Anderson,Harry Morgan,Claude Akins,Elliott Reid,Paul Hartman,Philip Coolidgeand 76 more
- Director
- Stanley Kramer
- Producer
- Stanley Kramer
- Cinematography
- Ernest Laszlo
- Music
- Ernest Gold
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $2,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0053946