Released:
1960-07-07

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.

Director:
Stanley Kramer

Runtime:
2h 8min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Spencer Tracy
  as
  Henry Drummond
• 
  Fredric March
  as
  Matthew Harrison Brady
• 
  Gene Kelly
  as
  E.K. Hornbeck
• 
  Dick York
  as
  Bertram T. Cates
• 
  Donna Anderson
  as
  Rachel Brown