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.
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Cast
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
Adolph Faylauer
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh
Sam - Deputy Arresting Cates (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Renee Godfrey
Mrs. Stebbins
Don Anderson
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Eddie Baker
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)
Rudy Sooter
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
George Calliga
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Donald Elson
Bollinger (uncredited)
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Signe Hack
Townswoman (uncredited)
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Harry Tenbrook
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
Frank Baker
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Dr. John (uncredited)
George Dunn
Banker / Critic at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Fundamentalist Woman (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Charles Wagenheim
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
Hank Mann
Townsman (uncredited)
Harp McGuire
Harry Esterbrook (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Woman Diner (uncredited)
Wendell Holmes
Banker - Critic at City Meeting (uncredited)
Will Wright
Bible Salesman (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Townsman (uncredited)
Florence Eldridge
Sarah Brady
Joseph Hamilton
Man Yelling at Brady Welcome (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Townsman (uncredited)