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Inherit the Wind is a 1960 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer and based on the 1955 play of the same name written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry Drummond and Fredric March as his friend and rival Matthew Harrison Brady.
Inherit the Wind: Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York. Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Stanley Kramer
- 1960-08-30
May 29, 1999 · A TV movie adaptation of the play about the Scopes Monkey Trial, starring Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott as the lawyers for and against evolution. The movie was nominated for two Primetime Emmys and received positive reviews from critics and viewers.
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- Drama
- Daniel Petrie
- 1999-05-29
Apr 1, 2024 · Inherit the Wind is a 1960 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer and based on the 1955 play of the same name written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry Drummond and Fredric March as his friend and rival Matthew Harrison Brady.
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Jan 28, 2006 · A film adaptation of the Scopes Monkey Trial, where evolution and creationism clash in court. Spencer Tracy and Fredric March play the lawyers who argue for and against Darwin's theory, while Gene Kelly is the journalist who covers the case.
Jun 29, 2021 · Stanley Kramer directs this masterpiece featuring Gene Kelly in a critically acclaimed dramatic role. "Inherit the Wind" is powerful, provocative cinema and a heaping ...more. Spencer Tracy...
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- Amazon MGM Studios
Inherit the Wind is a 1999 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name which originally aired on Showtime on May 29, 1999. The original play was written as a parable which fictionalized the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s McCarthy trials. [1]
