Inherit the Wind
(1960)
July 7, 1960• 2h 8m
77%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Stanley Kramer
Director
Top Billed Cast
ST
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
FM
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
GK
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
DY
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
DA
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
HM
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
CA
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
ER
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
PH
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
PC
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
