Inherit the Wind
1960/07/07 (US) | Drama
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
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
Harold Jacob Smith
Screenplay
Nedrick Young
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 2,000,000
Revenue
$ 2,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Stanley Kramer Productions
- United Artists
Crews
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
James Lister
Casting
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design