Inherit the Wind

IMDb 8.0 1965 90 min TV MovieDrama

Director

George Schaefer

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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