Inherit the Wind
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives nation...
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.
Genres: Drama
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.
Cast
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
John Alban
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Townsman (uncredited)
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Leon Alton
Townsman (uncredited)
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Don Anderson
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Stanley Kramer
Director
John Barton
Townsman (uncredited)
Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Eddie Baker
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
Gordon Polk
George Sillers
Renee Godfrey
Mrs. Stebbins
Florence Eldridge
Sarah Brady