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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan
Crew: Stanley Kramer (Producer), Nedrick Young (Screenplay), Stanley Kramer (Director), Harold Jacob Smith (Screenplay), Ernest Gold (Original Music Composer), James Lister (Casting)
Country: United States of America
Language: English, Italiano
Studio: Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
Runtime: 128 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 07, 1960
IMDb: 3.296
Keywords:politician, based on true story, trial, teacher, lawyer, courtroom, evolution, rhetoric, scopes monkey trial, judiciary, courtroom drama