Inherit the Wind
“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.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Stanley Kramer Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Inherit the Wind performed
Budget
$2.0M
Worldwide Gross
$2.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$288K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Henry Drummond
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Matthew Harrison Brady
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
E.K. Hornbeck
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Bertram T. Cates
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Rachel Brown
Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown
Judge Mel
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Mayor Jason Carter
Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter
Howard
Jimmy Boyd
Howard
John Stebbins
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
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