Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind - was released on: 1 November 1960.
The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:
- Spencer Tracy… - played the character of: Henry Drummond
- Fredric March… - played the character of: Matthew Harrison Brady
- Gene Kelly… E. K. Hornbeck
- Dick York… Bertram T. Cates
- Donna Anderson… Rachel Brown
- Harry Morgan… Judge Mel Coffey
- Claude Akins… Rev. Jeremiah Brown
- Elliott Reid… Prosecutor Tom Davenport
- Paul Hartman… Deputy Horace Meeker - Bailiff
- Philip Coolidge… Mayor Jason Carter
- Jimmy Boyd… Howard - Biology Student
- Noah Beery Jr…. John Stebbins
- Norman Fell… WGN Radio Technician
- Gordon Polk… George Sillers - Juror Accepted
- Hope Summers… Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Here is a summary of the film’s plot:
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin’s theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 “Scopes monkey trial” with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}