Inherit the Wind (1960)
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Title: Inherit the Wind
Original Title: Inherit the Wind
Release Date: 1960-07-07
Status: Released
Rating: 7.668/10 (from 422 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
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

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

Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker

Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter