Inherit the Wind (1960)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
D.J. Anderson
Rachel Brown
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
Renee Godfrey
Mrs. Stebbins
Florence Eldridge
Sarah Brady
Leon Alton
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Townsman (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
Townsman (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Townsman (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Townsman (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Townsman (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Townsman (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Rudy Sooter
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Fundamentalist Woman (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Eskimo Pie Vendor in Courtroom (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Dr. John (uncredited)
Donald Elson
Bollinger (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
David Fresco
Threatening Spectator (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Dr. Amos Keller (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton
Man Yelling at Brady Welcome (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Dr. Britton's Tonic Spieler with Chimp (uncredited)
Wendell Holmes
Banker - Critic at City Meeting (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Harp McGuire
Harry Esterbrook (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh
Sam - Deputy Arresting Cates (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Woman Diner (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Juror (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Justice Watson
Hillsboro Salesman (uncredited)
Will Wright
Bible Salesman (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Townsman (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Townsman (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Townsman (uncredited)
Stanley Kramer
Director / Producer
Harold Jacob Smith
Screenplay
Nedrick Young
Screenplay
Jerome Lawrence
Writer
Robert E. Lee
Writer
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Ivan Volkman
Assistant Director
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
James Lister
Casting
Joe Lapis
Sound Engineer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Inherit the Wind is a 1960 American film directed by Stanley Kramer and based on the 1955 play of the same name written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry Drummond and Fredric March as his friend and rival Matthew Harrison Brady. It also features Gene Kelly, Dick York, Harry Morgan, Donna Anderson, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr., Florence Eldridge, Jimmy Boyd and Gordon Polk.
The script was adapted by Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith. Kramer was commended for bringing in Young, as the latter was blacklisted and forced to use the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas.
Inherit the Wind is a parable that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss McCarthyism. Written in response to the chilling effect of the McCarthy era investigations on intellectual discourse, the film (like the play) is critical of creationism.
A television remake of the film which starred Melvyn Douglas and Ed Begley was broadcast in 1965. Another television remake that starred Jason Robards and Kirk Douglas aired in 1988. It was remade for television again in 1999, co-starring Jack Lemmon as Drummond and George C. Scott as Brady.