Inherit the Wind
1960, Drama, 2h 7m
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In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism. Drawing intense national attention in the media with writer E. K. Hornbeck (Gene Kelly) reporting, two of the nation's leading lawyers go head to head: Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) for the prosecution, and Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) for the defense.
Cast & Crew
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
E. K. Hornbeck
E. K. Hornbeck
Florence Eldridge
Mrs. Sarah Brady
Mrs. Sarah Brady
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Bertram T. Cates
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Judge Mel
Critic Reviews for Inherit the Wind
Audience Reviews for Inherit the Wind
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Mar 26, 2016A immensely riveting drama with amazing dialogue, Inherit The Wind is both important in it's message as it is clever in it's execution. Heavy handed? Yes. Engaging as all hell? You betcha.Matthew M Super Reviewer
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Jan 30, 2016This wonderfully-written film was daring for the time it came out and remains relevant in our times, as it exposes religion and bigotry as a hindrance to human thinking and impresses us with Fredric March's three-dimensional character, even though it ends with a terrible last scene.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Feb 15, 2014Saw this for perhaps the fourth time, this time part of a DVD binge during a snowed in winter. Amazing how little has changed since 1925 when the "Monkey Trial" was held. I think this is the kind of thought provoking movie that is interesting to revisit at various times of your life. When I originally saw (as a kid) I had a real pro-science bias and just saw the white and black--creationists black, evolutionists white--of the argument. This time I saw much more nuance and the question that intrigued me most was: what do you stand for? If you go through life taking the safe middle--"I am not political"--or the sophomoric stance of everything is worthy of sneering contempt--at the end of the day, what are you? You have to take a definite position in life or you are just taking up space.Bathsheba M Super Reviewer
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Nov 04, 2013Slightly creaky now, Inherit the Wind remains a great Sunday classic to curl up with. Fredric March and Spencer Tracy give it their all as competing interests in the create Scopes monkey trial. Gene Kelly has a great "commentator" role as well.John B Super Reviewer
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