Movie: Inherit the Wind

Top 10 Billed Cast

Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas

Henry Drummond

Ed Begley
Ed Begley

Matthew Harrison Brady

Diane Baker
Diane Baker

Rachel Brown

Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton

E.K. Hornbeck

John Randolph
John Randolph

Rev. Brown

Adrienne King
Adrienne King

Melinda

Burt Brinckerhoff
Burt Brinckerhoff

Bert Cates

Norman Wright
Norman Wright

Townsman

Robert Breen
Robert Breen

Elijah

Fred Burrell
Fred Burrell

Davenport

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    A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.

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    1965-11-18

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