Genres
Production Companies
United Artists
Inherit the Wind
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
Director: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Director of Photography: Ernest Laszlo
Top 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
Videos
Official Trailer
Inherit the Wind (1960) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
