Inherit the Wind (1960)

Name: Inherit the Wind
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-07-07
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson

It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!

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.

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Released 1960-07-07 · 128 min · Drama

Directed by Stanley Kramer

Cast

Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly as E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York as Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson as Rachel Brown
Harry Morgan as Judge Mel
Claude Akins as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Elliott Reid as Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Paul Hartman as Bailiff Mort Meeker
Philip Coolidge as Mayor Jason Carter
Jimmy Boyd as Howard
Noah Beery Jr. as John Stebbins
Norman Fell as WGN Radio Technician
Gordon Polk as George Sillers
Hope Summers as Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman