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Inherit the Wind

Name: Inherit the Wind
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-07-07
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson

NR 1960 2 h 08 min

Drama

76%

Audience score498 votes on TMDB

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“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.

Screenplay: Nedrick Young
Director: Stanley Kramer
Screenplay: Harold Jacob Smith
Music: Ernest Gold
Status: Released
Release date: 07/07/1960
Original language: English
Budget: US$ 2 M
Box office: US$ 2 M