Inherit the Wind
1960·Movie
·2h 8min·
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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.
Courtroom DramaEvolution vs CreationismHistorical SettingThought-ProvokingStrong PerformancesClassic FilmSocial CommentaryPhilosophical Debate
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Directed by:
Stanley Kramer, Sam Freedle, Ivan Volkman
Written by:
Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young, Robert Edwin Lee
Produced by:
Stanley Kramer, Lynn Stalmaster, Anne P. Kramer
Composed by:
Ernest Gold, Joe Lapis, Walter Elliott
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