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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Inherit the Wind.
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrSpencer Tracy does his cuddly curmudgeon turn as Clarence Darrow; it's a lazy, vague performance, but its wit provides the only crack of light in the film's somber, gray overcast. |
| Common Sense MediaEllen MacKayKnock-out courtroom drama has deft comic touches. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumStagey yes, but powerful Tracy and March acting + subject matter make this a must see. |
| CineVueChristopher MachellA searing indictment of religious fundamentalism and anti-intellectualism. Inherit the Wind’s relevance continues beyond its immediate parallels with McCarthyism. |
| RogerEbert.comRoger EbertIt is Inherit the Wind among all of Kramer's films that seems most relevant and still generates controversy. |
| The SpectatorIsabel QuiglyIt confirms Mr. Kramer as the versatile man he is, full of object lessons for the world; this time a forceful one about the right to think. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherOne of the most intelligent, respectable and entertaining motion pictures of this year. |
| Movie MomNell MinowExtraordinarly vivid, rich, and wise about the core questions of how we know and who we are. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullInherit the Wind is well crafted and can entertain even the most jaded of modern audiences. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyDirector Stanley Kramer can't overcome the trepidations of a verbose courtroom drama, so he lets his two actors, Spencer Tracy and Fredric March dominate and go at each other, pretending it's a deep play of ideas. |
