Inherit the Wind
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Inherit the Wind

1960Movie2 h 8 minNR

Drama
82
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic757.9Rotten Tomatoes93%91%
82
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic757.9Rotten Tomatoes93%91%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Pulls you in.
  • Holds up a mirror.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Draws you into power games.
  • Pays off your patience.

Not for laughs or scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Very Loosely Based on a True Storyin 1,945 titlesThe trial itself was a hoax and publicity stunt designed to put Dayton, TN back on the map.Hollywood Atheistin 686 titlesHornbeck. His views aren't all that different from his real life counterpart.All 75 tropes

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