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Inherit the Wind
1960
In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism. Drawing intense national attention in the media with writer E. K. Hornbeck (Gene Kelly) reporting, two of the nation's leading lawyers go head to head: Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) for the prosecution, and Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) for the defense.
It's all about the monkey trial that rocked America.
JBscale
86
Excellent
Film Detail
Genre
Drama - History
Length
2 hrs. 8 mins.
US Theatrical Release
July 21, 1960
US Box Office
No Data Available
Global Office
$4,360,000
(#3454 of 3929)
Rating
PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
Collection Detail
Release Method
Digital Only
Aquired Format
Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.66:1
Audio
English:
DD+ 5.1
Studio
MGM
Released
December 9, 2014
Acquired Date
February 2, 2021
Times Seen
0 Times
Last Watched
Haven't seen it yet.
Actors
Spencer Tracy
Fredric March
Gene Kelly
Dick York
Donna Anderson
Harry Morgan
Claude Akins
Elliott Reid
Paul Hartman
Philip Coolidge
Jimmy Boyd
Noah Beery Jr.
Norman Fell
Gordon Polk
Hope Summers
Ray Teal
Renee Godfrey
Florence Eldridge
Directors
Stanley Kramer
Producers
Stanley Kramer
Writers
Nedrick Young
Harold Jacob Smith
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1959
90
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1939
68
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1965
72
72 Very Good
1967
82
82 Excellent
1954
85
85 Excellent
1949
57
57 Average
1952
91
91 Superior
1955
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93%
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28 votes
91%
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647 votes
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75
8 votes
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
33,668 votes
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