Inherit the Wind

(1960)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 487 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1960

Runtime: 128 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Stanley Kramer

Cast: Спенсер Трейси, Fredric March, Джин Келли, Дик Йорк, Donna Anderson, Гарри Морган, Клод Экинс, Elliott Reid, Paul Hartman, Philip Coolidge

Plot

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.