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Inherit the Wind: Full Cast & Crew 1960 Drama
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. Released: Nov 1, 1960 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Stanley Kramer Director, Producer Spencer Tracy Henry Drummond Actor Fredric March Matthew Harrison Brady Actor Gene Kelly E. K. Hornbeck Actor Florence Eldridge Mrs. Sarah Brady Actor Dick York Bertram T. Cates Actor Harry Morgan Judge Mel Actor Donna Anderson Rachel Brown Actor Elliott Reid Prosecutor Tom Davenport Actor Claude Akins Rev. Jeremiah Brown Actor Noah Beery Jr. John Stebbins Actor Norman Fell WGN Chicago Radio Broadcaster Actor Jerome Lawrence Writer Robert E. Lee Writer Nedrick Young Screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith Screenwriter Ernest Gold Original Music Ernest Laszlo Cinematographer Frederic Knudtson Film Editing Rudolph Sternad Production Design