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Inherit the Wind
"It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!"
1960 • 2h 8m • ★ 7.7 (456 votes) Released
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.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Screenplay
Nedrick Young
Screenplay
Harold Jacob Smith
Rating
7.7
Runtime
128 min
Budget
$2.0M
Revenue
$2.0M
Profit/Loss
+0.0M
Production
Stanley Kramer Productions
United ArtistsTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
politicianbased on true storytrialteacherlawyercourtroomevolutionrhetoricscopes monkey trialjudiciarycourtroom drama
