Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1960 · 2 hr 8 min · Approved

Biography, Drama, History

Directors

Stanley Kramer

Actors

  • Spencer Tracy
  • Fredric March
  • Gene Kelly

Credits: 2

Summary

Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

More about this movie

Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.

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