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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 12, 1960
Box Office
$2.0M
Budget
$2.0M
Return
1.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 11, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
Cast
Full credits →S
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
F
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
G
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
D
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
D
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
H
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
C
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
E
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
P
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
P
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
J
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
N
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
N
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
G
Gordon Polk
George Sillers
H
Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
R
Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
R
Renee Godfrey
Mrs. Stebbins
F
Florence Eldridge
Sarah Brady
J
John Alban
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
L
Leon Alton
Townsman (uncredited)
