Inherit the Wind
“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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Cast
86 people
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
An American in Paris
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Known for
Bewitched
Cowboy
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Known for
On the Beach
Count Yorga, Vampire
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Known for
M*A*S*H
High Noon
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Known for
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Rio Bravo
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Absent-Minded Professor
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Known for
The Andy Griffith Show
The Thrill of It All
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
Known for
North by Northwest
The Tingler
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
Also in
Date with the Angels
Broadside
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
Known for
The Rockford Files
Red River
Stanley Kramer Director · Nedrick Young Screenplay Harold Jacob Smith Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $2M · United States release October 12, 1960
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Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Stanley Kramer Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · June 26, 1960
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · October 12, 1960
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
July 21, 1960 · Premiere · Dayton, Tennessee
Brazil
January 1, 1961 · Theatrical
Italy
December 1, 1960 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 16, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
January 2, 1961 · Theatrical
Russia
March 28, 1963 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 8, 1961 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 7, 1960 · Theatrical · London
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