Inherit the Wind (1960)
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
128 min
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.
- Release date
- June 26, 1960
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $2,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond
- Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
- Gene Kelly as E. K. Hornbeck
- Dick York as Bertram T. Cates
- Donna Anderson as Rachel Brown
- Harry Morgan as Judge Mel Coffey
- Claude Akins as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
- Elliott Reid as Prosecutor Tom Davenport
- Paul Hartman as Bailiff Mort Meeker
- Philip Coolidge as Mayor Jason Carter
Crew
- Stanley Kramer · Director
- Nedrick Young · Writer
- Harold Jacob Smith · Writer
- Jerome Lawrence · Writer
- Robert E. Lee · Writer
- Stanley Kramer · Producer
- Ernest Gold · Composer
- Ernest Laszlo · Cinematographer
- Frederic Knudtson · Editor
- Rudolph Sternad · Production designer