Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1960-07-07) |
|---|---|
| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. 3 wins & 11 nominations total |
| Screen: | Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith, Jerome Lawrence |
| Productions: | Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Italiano |
Posters
Similars
Recommendations
Casts
- 12147: Spencer Tracy - Henry Drummond
- 13576: Fredric March - Matthew Harrison Brady
- 13294: Gene Kelly - E.K. Hornbeck
- 19877: Dick York - Bertram T. Cates
- 19878: Donna Anderson - Rachel Brown
- 4073: Harry Morgan - Judge Mel
- 4307: Claude Akins - Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Crews
- 4081: Stanley Kramer - Producer - Production
- 69319: Nedrick Young - Screenplay - Writing
- 4081: Stanley Kramer - Director - Directing
- 69320: Harold Jacob Smith - Screenplay - Writing
- 12142: Ernest Gold - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 12144: James Lister - Casting - Production
- 1056670: Clem Beauchamp - Production Manager - Production
external ids
fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt0053946 | insta:
Unfortunately, this item has no review yet.