Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1960 · 128 min · EN · NR · 7.7 (369 votes)
Dir. Stanley Kramer · Starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan · Music Ernest Gold

It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!

Drama

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.

VIBE

This is a gripping courtroom drama that pits powerful oratory against deeply held beliefs. It feels like a heated, intellectual debate unfolding under immense public scrutiny, leaving you pondering the nature of truth and progress.

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