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.
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1961
Actor
Spencer Tracy
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Ernest Laszlo
Film Editing
Frederic Knudtson
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
1961
Special Achievement Award
Stanley Kramer
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Inherit the Wind - 1960
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Spencer Tracy
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