Inherit the Wind

1960 · directed by Stanley Kramer

Rating

81/100

Hit

yes

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), directed by Stanley Kramer, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy
• Fredric March
• Gene Kelly
• Dick York
• Donna Anderson
• Harry Morgan
• Claude Akins
• Elliott Reid
• Paul Hartman
• Philip Coolidge

Crew

• Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography
• Frederic Knudtson — Editor
• Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer
• Harold Jacob Smith — Screenplay
• Nedrick Young — Screenplay

More from Stanley Kramer

1. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) — 79/100
2. The Defiant Ones (1958) — 76/100
3. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) — 73/100
4. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — 73/100
5. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — 69/100
6. On the Beach (1959) — 68/100

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