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Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind (1960)

Biographical, Drama, Historical | United States

Director: Stanley Kramer

BBC Four | Monday 2 February 2009 | 22:30

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Monday 2 February 2009 22:30

Saturday 28 June 2008 18:00

Rating: 8.1/10

User rating: 8.7/10
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SYNOPSIS

Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.

Actors

Writer: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith

Producer: Stanley Kramer

RUNTIME: 128 min

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