

Inherit the Wind (1960)
- NR
- 07/21/1960 (US)
- Drama
- 2h 8m
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked 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.
Stanley Kramer
DirectorHarold Jacob Smith
ScreenplayNedrick Young
ScreenplayCast

Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown