Plot Summary
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Inherit the Wind
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
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Cast
Melvyn Douglas
Henry Drummond
Ed Begley
Matthew Harrison Brady
Diane Baker
Rachel Brown
Murray Hamilton
E.K. Hornbeck
John Randolph
Rev. Brown
Adrienne King
Melinda
Charles White
Bollinger
Burt Brinckerhoff
Bert Cates
Norman Wright
Townsman
Robert Breen
Elijah
Fred Burrell
Davenport
Doug Chapin
Howard
Beulah Garrick
Mrs. McClain
John Irving
Reporter
Production Companies
NBC
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
