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Inherit the Wind

1960 128 min Drama

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.

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4 nominations

budget $2,000,000 earnings $2,000,000 return 1.0x

director Stanley Kramer

writers Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith

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Eureka Classics Trailer trailer
Fanaticism and Ignorance clip
First Day In Court clip
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Brian Trenchard-Smith on Inherit The Wind featurette

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