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
![Spencer Tracy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337604_c200e7.jpg)
Spencer Tracy
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Fury (1936)
![Fredric March](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349846_b3bb31.png)
Fredric March
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hombre (1967)
![Gene Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268023_cc5081.jpg)
Gene Kelly
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
![Dick York](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319457_910898.jpg)
Dick York
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Cowboy (1958)
They Came to Cordura (1959)
![Donna Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/456/120456202_9aed34.jpg)
Donna Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
On the Beach (1959)
![Harry Morgan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/088/162088908_069797.jpg)
Harry Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
![Claude Akins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247437_b2068f.jpg)
Claude Akins
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rio Bravo (1959)
![Elliott Reid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713106_21f023.jpg)
Elliott Reid
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Move Over, Darling (1963)
![Paul Hartman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532975_a50238.jpg)
Paul Hartman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Soldier in the Rain (1963)
![Philip Coolidge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674158_9c7656.jpg)
Philip Coolidge
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Bon Voyage! (1962)
North by Northwest (1959)
Jimmy Boyd
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Brainstorm (1983)
![Noah Beery Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/980/161980963_cbd086.jpg)
Noah Beery Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
White Feather (1955)
![Norman Fell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886340_a79933.gif)
Norman Fell
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Florence Eldridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364351_8aa836.jpg)
Florence Eldridge
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Les Misérables (1935)
The Divorcee (1930)
![Ray Teal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948615_91c282.jpg)
Ray Teal
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
![Will Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000075_7a54d0.jpg)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Bert Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256255_85bf54.jpg)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Earle Hodgins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162628_304e81.gif)
Earle Hodgins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
East of Eden (1955)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)