NRUS
1960Drama2h 8m

Inherit the Wind

It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!

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.

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue$2,000,000

Keywords

politicianbased on true storytrialteacherlawyercourtroomevolutionrhetoricscopes monkey trialjudiciarycourtroom drama

Production

United Artists
United Artists