Release Date: November 1st, 1960
DVD Release Date: December 11th, 2001
Not Yet Rated|2 hr 7 min
Plot Summary
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.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Florence Eldridge, Dick York, Harry Morgan, Donna Anderson, Elliott Reid
Director: Stanley Kramer
Genres: Drama
Production Co: Lomitas Productions Inc.
Distributors: Fox, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., United Artists
Keywords: Rescue, Intense, Suspenseful, Witty, Rivalry
