Inherit the Wind

Unrated

3/20/19881h 36m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The great minds of their day. The most famous court battle of the century. The explosive issue that won't go away! ~

Overview:

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Director:

David Greene

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Key words:

courtroom
evolution
bigotry
scopes monkey trial

Cast

Kirk Douglas

~ as ~

Matthew Harrison Brady

Jason Robards

~ as ~

Harry Drummond

Darren McGavin

~ as ~

E.K. Hornbeck

John Harkins

~ as ~

Judge

Megan Follows

~ as ~

Rachel Brown

Kyle Secor

~ as ~

Bertram Cates

Michael Ensign

~ as ~

Reverend Brown

Don Hood

~ as ~

Mayor

Jean Simmons

~ as ~

Lucy Brady

Josh Clark

~ as ~

Davenport

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Reviews (1)

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kevin2019
Written 1 year(s) ago
10
"Inherit the Wind" is a well acted and well staged period piece of the strength and story consciousness it is hard to find today. It has a truly amazing standard of writing which is of such a consistent high calibre it is difficult to imagine just how it could be possible to make a weak film out of it. Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards have an incredible amount of thought provoking material to work with and Robards is at his unassuming best throughout from his reminiscing about a rocking horse from his childhood called "Golden Dancer" to his increasingly explosive and impeccably paced questioning of Douglas based upon some random excerpts selected from the Holy Bible which eventually reveals Brady's unshatterable faith to still be intact, but his reasoning in such matters to be flawed and often floundering.