Inherit the Wind (1960)
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.
Drama
Cast
- 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
- Elliott Reid — Prosecutor Tom Davenport
- Paul Hartman — Bailiff Mort Meeker
- Philip Coolidge — Mayor Jason Carter
- Jimmy Boyd — Howard
- Noah Beery Jr. — John Stebbins
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