Inherit the Wind

1960

NR

2h 8m

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7.7/10
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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.

Writers

Nedrick Young(screenplay by)
Harold Jacob Smith(screenplay by)
Robert Edwin Lee(theatre play by)
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Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
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Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
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Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
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Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
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Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
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Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
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Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
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Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
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Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
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Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
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Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
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Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
Gordon Polk
George Sillers
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Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
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Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
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Renee Godfrey
Mrs. Stebbins

Writers

Nedrick Young(screenplay by)
Harold Jacob Smith(screenplay by)
Robert Edwin Lee(theatre play by)

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Release date

July 7, 1960 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Languages

Italian
English

Production companies

Stanley Kramer Productions
United Artists

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Box office

Budget

$2,000,000

Gross worldwide

$2,000,000

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