| Release Date: | Jun 1960 |
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| Genres: | Romance / History / Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations |
| Runtime: | 128 min |
| Cast: | Spencer Tracy (Henry Drummond), Fredric March (Matthew Harrison Brady), Gene Kelly (E. K. Hornbeck) Dick York (Bertram T. Cates) Donna Anderson (Rachel Brown) Harry Morgan (Judge Mel Coffey) Claude Akins (Rev. Jeremiah Brown) Elliott Reid (Prosecutor Tom Davenport) Paul Hartman (Deputy Horace Meeker - Bailiff) Philip Coolidge (Mayor Jason Carter) Jimmy Boyd (Howard - Biology Student) Noah Beery Jr. (John Stebbins) Norman Fell (WGN Radio Technician) Gordon Polk (George Sillers - Juror Accepted) Hope Summers (Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman) Ray Teal (Jessie H. Dunlap - Farmer Excused...) Renee Godfrey (Mrs. Stebbins) Florence Eldridge (Sarah Brady) Jack Daly (Eskimo Pie Vendor in Courtroom...) Richard Deacon (Juror / Court Gallery (uncredited)) Lester Dorr (Doctor John (uncredited)) George Dunn (Banker - Critic at City Meeting...) Donald Elson (Bollinger) Sam Harris (Courtroom Extra (uncredited)) Earle Hodgins (Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with...) Wendell Holmes (Undetermined Role (uncredited)) Frank Mills (Courtroom Extra (uncredited)) Robert Osterloh (Sam - Deputy Arresting Cates...) Bob Perry (Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)) 'Snub' Pollard (Courtroom Extra (uncredited)) Addison Richards (Reporter at Dinner Table (uncredited)) Harry Tenbrook (Courtroom Extra (uncredited)) Charles Wagenheim (Hotel Clerk (uncredited)) Will Wright (Bible Salesman (uncredited)) |
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.
