Inherit the Wind
1960 • Drama
7.666 (471)
Stanley Kramer
Director
Status
Released
Release date
July 7, 1960
Duration
128 Min
Language
English
Popularity
1.232
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$2,000,000
Overview
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.
