It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!
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.
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Cast
- Spencer TracyHenry Drummond
- Fredric MarchMatthew Harrison Brady
- Gene KellyE.K. Hornbeck
- Dick YorkBertram T. Cates
- Donna AndersonRachel Brown
- Harry MorganJudge Mel
- Claude AkinsRev. Jeremiah Brown
- Elliott ReidProsecutor Tom Davenport
- Paul HartmanBailiff Mort Meeker
- Philip CoolidgeMayor Jason Carter
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- Stanley KramerDirector
- Nedrick YoungScreenplay
- Harold Jacob SmithScreenplay
- Ernest LaszloDirector of Photography
- Ernest GoldOriginal Music Composer
- Frederic KnudtsonEditor
- Stanley KramerProducer
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