
Inherit the Wind
1960 • Drama
Stanley Kramer
Director
Status
Released
Release date
July 7, 1960
Duration
128 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.8374
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$2,000,000
Overview
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.
Cast

Spencer Tracy

Fredric March

Gene Kelly

Dick York

Donna Anderson

Harry Morgan

Claude Akins

Elliott Reid

Paul Hartman

Philip Coolidge

Jimmy Boyd

Noah Beery Jr.

Norman Fell

Hope Summers

Ray Teal

Renee Godfrey

Florence Eldridge

Eddie Baker

Frank Baker

Gail Bonney

Chet Brandenburg

George Calliga

Lester Dorr

George Dunn

Donald Elson

Adolph Faylauer

Joseph Hamilton

Sam Harris

Earle Hodgins

Wendell Holmes

Shep Houghton

Colin Kenny

Hank Mann

Harp McGuire

Frank Mills

Hans Moebus

Robert Osterloh

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Addison Richards

Leoda Richards

Scott Seaton

Bert Stevens

Hal Taggart

Harry Tenbrook

Charles Wagenheim

Will Wright