Inherit the Wind (1960)
Drama • 2ч 8м
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.
TMDB rating:
7.7
(470)
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
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
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Gordon Polk
George Sillers
Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
Renee Godfrey
Mrs. Stebbins
Florence Eldridge
Sarah Brady
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John Alban
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Leon Alton
Townsman (uncredited)
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Don Anderson
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Townsman (uncredited)
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John Barton
Townsman (uncredited)
Crew
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Nedrick Young
Screenplay
Stanley Kramer
Director
Harold Jacob Smith
Screenplay
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
James Lister
Casting
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ivan Volkman
Assistant Director
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Joe Lapis
Sound Engineer
Morris Rosen
Grip
Joe King
Costume Design
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Walter Elliott
Sound Editor
Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Sam Freedle
Script Supervisor
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Anne P. Kramer
Producer's Assistant
Martin Kashuk
Second Company Grip
Herman Shumlin
Stage Director
Robert Edwin Lee
Theatre Play
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