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Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

7.7
473
Year
1960
Country
United States of America
Genre
Drama
The slogan
It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
Director
Stanley Kramer
Writer
Harold Jacob Smith
Nedrick Young
Jerome Lawrence
Robert Edwin Lee
Budget
2,000,000 $
Fees
2,000,000 $
Duration
2h 8min

Description

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.