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Inherit the Wind

NR
Movie
1960
2h 8m
English
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.
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Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
Noah Beery Jr
John Stebbins
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
Renee Godfrey
Mrs. Stebbins
Leon Alton
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Townsman (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
Townsman (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Townsman (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Townsman (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Townsman (uncredited)
Harry Snub Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Townsman (uncredited)
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
Written By: Nedrick Young (Screenplay), Robert E. Lee, + 2 more

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The_Argentinian says...
one year ago
Seeing the news about how in the USA, teachers are told what they can and can't teach makes this film sadly relevant in 2023. How crazy.
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rgnkbn says...
7 years ago
Ignorance is everywhere. While watching I was thinking if weather conditions have something to do with religious belief?
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juliosoft says...
2 years ago
Great movie, great performances, great fans. What should have been light and hope turn into hatred and desire to eliminate those who don't think like you, but when they ask you to explain, it sounds ridiculous
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tgrbabydoll says...
3 years ago
The movie isn't just a classic. One of the best plays ever written, one of the best acted, and as thought provoking and meaningful today as it was when it was made. It is based on a true court case in the 1925. The religious zealots had passed prohibition, outlawed thinking, and became so self absorbed in their own ignorance, even the best educated used their own personal versions to control everyone else. It's not much different than today. "Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it." "He tried to look for God too high up and too far away.". God isn't the control we can force on others. God is the gift of the mind and "what warms you". Those like Temporary Honorary Colonel Drummond are the ones that believe that we can find common ground in all our beliefs if we would just quit forcing others the believe what we believe. No other movie shows better how stifling people convinced of their own "right" and "wrong" really are.
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