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    Inherit the Wind

    Poster of the movie Inherit the Wind
    1960     History-based drama    
    USA
    2h 8min

    The sensational trial of a young teacher, Bertram Cates (Dick York), who is prosecuted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in a high school science class -- a violation of state law. Three-time presidential candidate Matthew Brady (Fredric March) is the prosecutor pitted against the controversial and brilliant Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) as Cates's defense lawyer in a rhetorical battle between fundamentalism and science, while influential newspaperman E. K. Hornbeck (Gene Kelly) of the Baltimore Sun gives the case national coverage.

    Directed byStanley Kramer
    Written byJerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
    CompanyUnited ArtistsUnited ArtistsUnited Artists

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    Spencer Tracy
    Fredric March
    Gene Kelly
    Harry Morgan
    Norman Fell
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