Inherit the Wind

About Inherit the Wind

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.

Inherit the Wind is a 1960 drama film directed by Stanley Kramer. Its themes are trial, courtroom, courtroom drama, and politician.

Spencer Tracy takes the lead as Henry Drummond, Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady, Gene Kelly as E.K. Hornbeck, and Dick York as Bertram T. Cates. At 128 minutes long, it arrived in July 1960.

The screenplay is by Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young. The film began as real events. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV in the United States.

Molly's Game, The Judge, and A Time to Kill make useful companions to Inherit the Wind, all filed under lawyer. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 494 votes and it carries a NR rating.