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Inherit the Wind (1965)

Inherit the Wind (1965)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1965, November 18
Directors: George Schaefer
Countries: United States of America
Production: NBC, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, NBC, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Cast: John Irving, Ed Begley, Murray Hamilton, Adrienne King, Diane Baker, Beulah Garrick, John Randolph, Charles White, Norman Wright, Fred Burrell, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Breen

Overview:

A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.

Keywords:

evolution court theater play