Inherit the Wind

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.

Main Cast

Spencer Tracy

Henry Drummond

Age : 67 | Popularity : 11%

Fredric March

Matthew Harrison Brady

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Gene Kelly

E.K. Hornbeck

Age : 83 | Popularity : 12%

Dick York

Bertram T. Cates

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Donna Anderson

Rachel Brown

Age : 84 | Popularity : 3%

Harry Morgan

Judge Mel

Age : 96 | Popularity : 4%

Claude Akins

Rev. Jeremiah Brown

Age : 67 | Popularity : 8%

Elliott Reid

Prosecutor Tom Davenport

Age : 93 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Casting	Lynn Stalmaster James Lister
	Producer	Stanley Kramer Herman Shumlin
	Production Manager	Clem Beauchamp
Directing	Director	Stanley Kramer
	Script Supervisor	Sam Freedle
	Assistant Director	Ivan Volkman
Art	Production Design	Rudolph Sternad
Camera	Director of Photography	Ernest Laszlo
	Camera Operator	Charles F. Wheeler
	Grip	Morris Rosen
Sound	Original Music Composer	Ernest Gold
	Sound Engineer	Joe Lapis
	Sound Editor	Walter Elliott
Editing	Editor	Frederic Knudtson
Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	Larry Germain
	Makeup Artist	Bud Westmore
	Costume Design	Joe King
Writing	Screenplay	Nedrick Young Harold Jacob Smith
	Writer	Jerome Lawrence Robert E. Lee
Crew	Production Office Assistant	Anne P. Kramer
	Property Master	Art Cole
Department	Role	Name

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