The read
A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 75/100. Scores higher than 87% of the 781 1960s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic75/100
489 audience votes
Key crew
- Nedrick YoungScreenplay
- Stanley KramerDirector
- Harold Jacob SmithScreenplay
- Ernest GoldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Spencer TracyHenry Drummond
- Fredric MarchMatthew Harrison Brady
- Gene KellyE.K. Hornbeck
- Dick YorkBertram T. Cates
- Donna AndersonRachel Brown
- Harry MorganJudge Mel
- Claude AkinsRev. Jeremiah Brown
- Elliott ReidProsecutor Tom Davenport
- Paul HartmanBailiff Mort Meeker
- Philip CoolidgeMayor Jason Carter
- Jimmy BoydHoward
- Noah Beery Jr.John Stebbins
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Themes
politicianbased on true storytrialteacherlawyercourtroomevolutionrhetoricscopes monkey trialjudiciarycourtroom drama
The Best Movies of 1960
Inherit the Wind is #12 of 60
