Inherit the Wind
1960
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
- Stanley Kramer
- 2h 8m
- July 7, 1960 · United States of America
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.
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
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