Directed by:
Stanley KramerCinematography:
Ernest LaszloComposer:
Ernest GoldCast:
Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan, Claude Akins, Elliott Reid, Paul Hartman, Philip Coolidge, Jimmy Boyd (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Bertram T. Cates is arrested and put on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in his classroom. The incident causes a furor in the religious southern community he lives in and Matthew Harrison Brady, a famous fundamentalist attorney, arrives to prosecute the young teacher. Luckily for Cates, the equally-acclaimed lawyer Henry Drummond agrees to defend him. As a result, the two master attorneys square off in the courtroom while the teacher's life hangs in the balance. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gordon Polk
USA
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Jack Daly
USA
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Oliver Cross
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Tex Holden
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Joseph Hamilton
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Hans Moebus
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Dick Cherney
USA
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George Tracy
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Jack Deery
Australia
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Thomas Martin
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George Calliga
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Eddie Baker
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John Barton
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Perk Lazelle
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Don Anderson
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Stuart Hall
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Donald Elson
USA
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Leoda Richards
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