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Inherit the Wind

7.619602h 8mNRMovieDrama

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…

DirectorStanley Kramer
WritersNedrick Young·Harold Jacob Smith
ProducerStanley Kramer

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Cast · Directed by Stanley Kramer

STSpencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
FMFredric March
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
GKGene Kelly
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
DYDick York
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
DADonna Anderson
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
HMHarry Morgan
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
CAClaude Akins
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
ERElliott Reid
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
PHPaul Hartman
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
PCPhilip Coolidge
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
JBJimmy Boyd
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
NJNoah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins

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