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Inherit the Wind (1960)

7.7 | Jul 07, 1960 (US) | Drama | 02:08
Budget: 2 000 000 | Revenue: 2 000 000

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.

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Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
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Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
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Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
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Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
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Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
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Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
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Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
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Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
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Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
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Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter