Released:
2010-09-09

Overview:
Alleged is a romantic drama based on events occurring behind the scenes and outside the courtroom of the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925. Charles Anderson, a talented young reporter, feels trapped working for his deceased father's weekly newspaper and living in a tiny town (Dayton, TN) in steep decline. Seeing the "Monkey Trial" as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break into the journalistic big leagues, Charles manages to insert himself into the middle of the "Trial of the Century." Once in the midst of this staged event, however, he is torn between his love for the more principled Rose, his fiancée, and the escalating moral compromises that he is asked to make as the eager protégé of H.L. Mencken, America's most colorful and influential columnist.

Director:
Tom Hines

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Drama, History, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Nathan West
  as
  Charles Anderson
• 
  Colm Meaney
  as
  H.L. Mencken
• 
  Brian Dennehy
  as
  Clarence Darrow
• 
  Fred Thompson
  as
  William Jennings Bryan
• 
  Ashley Johnson
  as
  Rose Williams