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In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of...
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Set in Dayton, Tenn., famous trial lawyer Henry Drummond (Jack Lemmon) debates evangelical politician and attorney Matthew Harrison Brady (George C. Scott) in this dramatic retelling of the Scopes...
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- Daniel Petrie
- PG
- Jack Lemmon
W. Lyle Richardson. E.K. Hornbeck. John Harkins. Judge. Megan Follows. Rachel Brown. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A biblical orator (Kirk Douglas) opposes a liberal lawyer...
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- TV-PG
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 93% approval rating, based on 27 reviews with an average rating of 8.1/10. Awards and nominations
- $2 million
- Ernest Gold
- Stanley Kramer
Inherit the Wind: Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York. 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.
- Stanley Kramer
- 2 min
Directed By: Stanley Kramer. Written By: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee. Inherit the Wind. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews. 75. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings. 6.6. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. iTunes ($3.99)
Details. 75. Metascore Generally Favorable. positive. 5 (63%) mixed. 3 (38%) negative. 0 (0%) Showing 8 Critic Reviews. 100. CineVue. A searing indictment of religious fundamentalism and anti-intellectualism. Inherit the Wind’s relevance continues beyond its immediate parallels with McCarthyism. Read More. By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW. 100.