Inherit the Wind
The great minds of their day. The most famous court battle of the century. The explosive issue that won't go away!
1988 | 96m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | David Greene |
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| Writer: | John Gay, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 20, 1988 |
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| Director: | David Greene |
| Writer: | John Gay, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | courtroom, evolution, bigotry, scopes monkey trial |
| Production Companies | Vincent Pictures, Robert Papazian Productions, David Greene Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kirk Douglas | Matthew Harrison Brady |
| Jason Robards | Harry Drummond |
| Darren McGavin | E.K. Hornbeck |
| John Harkins | Judge |
| Megan Follows | Rachel Brown |
| Kyle Secor | Bertram Cates |
| Michael Ensign | Reverend Brown |
| Don Hood | Mayor |
| Jean Simmons | Lucy Brady |
| Josh Clark | Davenport |
| Scotch Byerley | Meeker |
| Ebbe Roe Smith | Dunlap |
| Douglas Dirkson | Mr. Bannister |
| Richard Lineback | Sillers |
| Tom McCleister | Bailiff |
| Jason Marin | Howard |
| Ron Hayden | Radio Newsman |
| Richard Gilbert-Hill | Radio Newsman |
| Terry Wills | Man at Counter |
| Kathy Kinney | Woman at Depot |
| Glenn Robards | Man at Depot |
| Robert Broyles | Man on Platform |
| Michael Joiner | News Photographer |
| Michael Lindström | Reporter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David Greene | Director |
| Stevan Larner | Director of Photography |
| Arthur B. Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| John Gay | Writer |
| Jerome Lawrence | Original Story |
| Parkie L. Singh | Editor |
| Marsha Kleinman | Casting |
| Bill Ross | Art Direction |
| Cynthia T. Lewis | Set Decoration |
| Robert E. Lee | Original Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Douglas | Executive Producer |
| Robert Papazian | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
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"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.