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Inherit the Wind - Stanley Kramer

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Directed by: 
Stanley Kramer
Screenplay by: 
Jerome Lawrence
Nedrick Young
Harold Jacob Smith
Robert Edwin Lee
Produced by: 
Stanley Kramer
Release year: 
1960
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
128min
Genre: 
Historical period drama
Trial drama
Drama
Music by: 
Ernest Gold
Subjects: 
Law
Tagline: 
It's all about the monkey trial that rocked America.
Plot: 
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.
Cast: 
Harry Morgan
as
Judge Mel Coffey
Spencer Tracy
as
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
as
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
as
E. K. Hornbeck
Dick York
as
Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson
as
Rachel Brown
Jimmy Boyd
as
Howard Blair
Elliott Reid
as
Tom Davenport
Claude Akins
as
Reverend Jeremiah Brown
Paul Hartman
as
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Phillip Coolidge
as
Mayor Jason Carter
Noah Beery, Jr.
as
John Stebbins
Norman Fell
as
WGN Radio Technician
Gordon Polk
as
George Sillers
Hope Summers
as
Mrs. Krebs
(
Righteous Townswoman
)
Ray Teal
as
Jessie H. Dunlap
Renee Godfrey
as
Mrs. Stebbins
Florence Eldridge
as
Sarah Brady
Gail Bonney
as
Fundamentalist Woman
Jack Daly
as
Eskimo Pie Vendor in Courtroom
Lester Dorr
as
Dr. John
Donald Elson
as
Bollinger
Duke Fishman
as
Courtroom Spectator #1
David Fresco
as
Threatening Spectator
Sam Harris
as
Courtroom Spectator #2
Earle Hodgins
as
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp
Wendell Holmes
as
Banker
(
Critic at City Meeting
)
Colin Kenny
as
Courtroom Spectator #3
Thomas Martin
as
Reporter in Courtroom
Harp McGuire
as
Harry Esterbrook
Frank Mills
as
Courtroom Spectator #4
Robert Osterloh
as
Sam
(
Deputy Arresting Cates
)
Stephen Paylow
as
Courtroom Spectator #5
Bob Perry
as
Courtroom Reporter
Joe Ploski
as
Courtroom Spectator #6
Snub Pollard
as
Courtroom Spectator #7
Bert Stevens
as
Courtroom Spectator #8
Hal Taggart
as
Juror
Harry Tenbrook
as
Courtroom Spectator #9
Charles Wagenheim
as
Hotel Clerk
Justice Watson
as
Hillsboro Salesman
Will Wright
as
The Bible Salesman
Scott Seaton
as
Courtroom Spectator #10

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Taken, 2008