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  1. Inherit the Wind is an American play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, which debuted in 1955. The story fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss the then-contemporary McCarthy trials .

  2. Introduction. Lawrence and Lee wrote Inherit the Wind nearly thirty years after the Scopes Monkey trial. Although the basis of the play is the Scopes trial, the play itself is not a historical retelling of the events. Instead, the play is fiction. Each of the two main characters, Matthew Harrison Brady and Henry Drummond, represents one side of ...

  3. Jan 17, 2024. Rated: 3/4 • Sep 18, 2021. Rated: 4.5/5 • Oct 29, 2020. In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that...

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  4. Jun 29, 2021 · 1.17M subscribers. Subscribed. 173. 18K views 2 years ago #MGM #InherittheWind. Spencer Tracy and Fredric March go toe-to-toe in this recreation of the most titanic courtroom battle of the...

  5. Inherit the Wind. Jump to Edit. Summaries. Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories.

  6. A short summary of Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee's Inherit the Wind. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Inherit the Wind.

  7. Brief Synopsis. In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution. Cast & Crew. Read More. Stanley Kramer. Director. Spencer Tracy. Henry Drummond. Fredric March. Matthew Harrison Brady. Gene Kelly. E. K. Hornbeck. Dick York. Bertram T. Cates. Donna Anderson. Rachel Brown. Photos & Videos.

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