Inherit the Wind
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
July 7, 1960
128 min
NR
✓ Released 24014 days ago
Drama
7.7
User Score
459 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Stanley Kramer
Runtime: 128 min
Budget: $2,000,000
Revenue: $2,000,000
Top 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
