Inherit the Wind
1960 • Drama
Stanley Kramer
Director
Status
Released
Release date
July 7, 1960
Duration
128 Min
Language
en
Popularity
2.2865
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$2,000,000
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.
Cast
Spencer Tracy
Fredric March
Gene Kelly
Dick York
Donna Anderson
Harry Morgan
Claude Akins
Elliott Reid
Paul Hartman
Philip Coolidge
Jimmy Boyd
Noah Beery Jr.
Norman Fell
Hope Summers
Ray Teal
Renee Godfrey
Florence Eldridge
Leon Alton
Eddie Baker
Frank Baker
Gail Bonney
Chet Brandenburg
George Calliga
Lester Dorr
George Dunn
Donald Elson
Adolph Faylauer
Joseph Hamilton
Earle Hodgins
Wendell Holmes
Shep Houghton
Colin Kenny
Hank Mann
Harp McGuire
Frank Mills
Robert Osterloh
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Addison Richards
Leoda Richards
Scott Seaton
Bert Stevens
Hal Taggart
Harry Tenbrook
Charles Wagenheim
Will Wright
