Inherit the Wind

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

Open trailer on YouTube

Streaming availability

flatrate

Amazon Prime Video fuboTV MGM+ Amazon Channel Philo MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel MGM Plus Amazon Prime Video with Ads

buy

Amazon Video Apple TV Store Google Play Movies YouTube Fandango At Home

rent

Amazon Video Apple TV Store Google Play Movies YouTube Fandango At Home

free

Hoopla

ads

YouTube Free

Streaming data provided by JustWatch.

Cast

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

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

—

Gordon Polk

George Sillers

Hope Summers

Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman

Ray Teal

Jessie H. Dunlap

Renee Godfrey

Mrs. Stebbins

Florence Eldridge

Sarah Brady

—

John Alban

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

—

Leon Alton

Townsman (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Rudolph Sternad Production Design
• Art Cole Property Master
• Jack Kirston Assistant Property Master

Camera

• Morris Rosen Grip
• Ernest Laszlo Director of Photography
• Charles F. Wheeler Camera Operator
• Martin Kashuk Second Company Grip
• William N. Clark Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Bud Westmore Makeup Artist
• Joe King Costume Design
• Larry Germain Hairstylist

Crew

• Stanley Kramer Presenter

Directing

• Stanley Kramer Director
• Ivan Volkman Assistant Director
• Sam Freedle Script Supervisor
• Herman Shumlin Stage Director
• Leonard Kunody Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Frederic Knudtson Editor

Lighting

• Roy Roberts Gaffer

Production

• Stanley Kramer Producer
• James Lister Casting
• Clem Beauchamp Production Manager
• Lynn Stalmaster Casting
• Anne P. Kramer Producer's Assistant

Sound

• Ernest Gold Original Music Composer
• Joe Lapis Sound Engineer
• Walter Elliott Sound Editor

Writing

• Harold Jacob Smith Screenplay
• Nedrick Young Screenplay
• Jerome Lawrence Theatre Play
• Robert Edwin Lee Theatre Play