Released:
1965-11-18

Overview:
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.

Director:
George Schaefer

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
TV Movie, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Melvyn Douglas
  as
  Henry Drummond
• 
  Ed Begley
  as
  Matthew Harrison Brady
• 
  Diane Baker
  as
  Rachel Brown
• 
  Murray Hamilton
  as
  E.K. Hornbeck
• 
  John Randolph
  as
  Rev. Brown