Release Date
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Original Release
July 7, 1960
2h 8m
Inherit the Wind (1960)
⭐ 7.7128 min
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.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Department: Production
⭐Popularity: 7.0
Cast
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
⭐0.3
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
⭐10.7
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
⭐0.8
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
⭐8.2
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
⭐5.1
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
⭐2.4
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
⭐13.0
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
⭐2.0
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
⭐8.6
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
⭐4.3
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Stanley Kramer Productions
United Artists
