Inherit the Wind

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7th July 1960 2 hours 8 mins 7.7
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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.

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01 Spencer Tracy profile Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond 02 Fredric March profile Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady 03 Gene Kelly profile Gene Kelly as E.K. Hornbeck 04 Dick York profile Dick York as Bertram T. Cates 05 Donna Anderson profile Donna Anderson as Rachel Brown 06 Harry Morgan profile Harry Morgan as Judge Mel 07 Claude Akins profile Claude Akins as Rev. Jeremiah Brown 08 Elliott Reid profile Elliott Reid as Prosecutor Tom Davenport 09 Paul Hartman profile Paul Hartman as Bailiff Mort Meeker 10 Philip Coolidge profile Philip Coolidge as Mayor Jason Carter 11 Jimmy Boyd profile Jimmy Boyd as Howard 12 Noah Beery Jr. profile Noah Beery Jr. as John Stebbins 13 Nedrick Young profile Nedrick Young Screenplay 14 Stanley Kramer profile Stanley Kramer Director
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