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Inherit the Wind

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

First showing on network television for this remake of the classic
Spencer Tracy courtroom drama based on a true story starring Kirk Douglas Jason Robards
The 1920s in the steamy Deep South, and a schoolteacher is accused of propounding Darwinism instead of accepting the Bible as the literal truth. His lawyer conducts an impassioned defence, which changes the course of some people's lives.
Director David Greene
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 0 FILMS: pages 35-42

Contributors

Unknown:
Spencer Tracy
Unknown:
Kirk Douglas
Unknown:
Jason Robards
Director:
David Greene
Matthew Harrison Brady:
Kirk Douglas
Henry Drummond:
Jason Robards
E K Hornbeck:
Darren McGavin
Judge:
John Harkins
Rachel Brown:
Megan Follows
Bertram Cates:
Kyle Secor
Lucy Brady:
Jean Simmons
Source: Radio Times

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