Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
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Inherit the Wind is a drama film based on a play that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial. It stars Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly and others as lawyers and journalists who clash over evolution and religion.
A classic courtroom drama starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly as lawyers on opposite sides of a case involving a teacher accused of teaching evolution. The film is loosely based on the 1925 Scopes monkey trial, where Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated the merits of science and religion.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Stanley Kramer
- 1960-08-30
Inherit The Wind. 1960 · 2 hr 8 min. TV-PG. Drama. Spencer Tracy and Frederic March go head-to-head as opposing attorneys in this blistering courtroom drama about the famed "Scopes Monkey Trial" where a Tennessee teacher must defend himself for teaching Darwinism. Audio Languages: English.
- Stanley Kramer
- January 1, 1960
- 128 min
A classic film about the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, where evolutionist Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) faces creationist Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) in court. The film depicts the clash of science and religion, and features impassioned speeches, historical figures and a romantic subplot.
A movie based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey trial, where a teacher is accused of teaching evolution. Spencer Tracy and Fredric March star as the lawyers on opposite sides of the case, with Gene Kelly as a reporter.
Drawing intense national attention in the media with writer E. K. Hornbeck (Gene Kelly) reporting, two of the nation's leading lawyers go head to head: Matthew...
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- Drama
Inherit the Wind (1960) OSCARS® 4X nominee Spencer Tracy and Frederic March go head-to-head as opposing attorneys in this blistering courtroom drama about the famed "Scopes Monkey Trial" where a Tennessee teacher must defend himself for teaching Darwinism.
