STORY
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.
CAST & CREW
- Spencer Tracy
- Fredric March
- Gene Kelly
- Dick York
- Donna Anderson
Cast
- Ivan Volkman
- Clem Beauchamp
- Sam Freedle
- Leonard Kunody
Directors
INFORMATION
- Stanley Kramer Productions
- United Artists
Production Companies
- United States of America
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English
- Italian