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Inherit the Wind

Duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Oscar-nominated screen adaptation of the notorious 1925 Tennessee 'Monkey Trial', in which a young teacher stood accused of violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. A celebrated liberal defence lawyer takes on a fundamentalist prosecutor as an intense, compelling drama unfolds in the stifling heat and electric atmosphere of a small-town courtroom. Show less

Contributors

Matthew Harrison Brady:
Fredric March
Henry Drummond:
Spencer Tracy
E K Hornbeck:
Gene Kelly
Mrs Sarah Brady:
Florence Eldridge
Bertram T Cates:
Dick York

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