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.
Inherit the Wind (1960) is now streaming with subscription on Prime Video
Spencer Tracy , Fredric March , Gene Kelly , Dick York , Donna Anderson , Harry Morgan
Stanley Kramer
United Artists
