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BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Compelling film adaptation of the 1925 Tennessee 'Monkey Trial', in which a young teacher was accused of violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. Show more

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

Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Classic comedy. An oddball mix of motorists learn of some buried cash and embark on a desperate, competitive cross-California rush to unearth it. Show more

Contributors

Captain Culpepper:
Spencer Tracy
J Russell Finch:
Milton Berle
Melville Crump:
Sid Caesar
Benjy Benjamin:
Buddy Hackett
Mrs Marcus:
Ethel Merman
Ding Bell:
Mickey Rooney
Sylvester Marcus:
Dick Shawn
Otto Meyer:
Phil Silvers
Algernon Hawthorne:
Terry-Thomas
Lennie Pike:
Jonathan Winters
Monica Crump:
Edie Adams
Emeline Marcus-Finch:
Dorothy Provine
Smiler Grogan:
Jimmy Durante
Tyler Fitzgerald:
Jim Backus
Police Chief Aloysius:
William Demarest
Third Cab Driver:
Peter Falk
Writer:
Tania Rose

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Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Vintage social comedy. A young white woman's parents have to do some soul-searching when she gets engaged to a black doctor. Show more

Contributors

Matt Drayton:
Spencer Tracy
John Prentice:
Sidney Poitier
Christina Drayton:
Katharine Hepburn
Joanna 'Joey' Drayton:
Katharine Houghton
Monsignor Ryan:
Cecil Kellaway
Mrs Prentice:
Beah Richards
Mr Prentice:
Roy E Glenn Sr
Hilary St George:
Virginia Christine

Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 9 months

Four eminent German judges are accused of crimes against humanity in Stanley Kramer’s acclaimed film, which tackles some of the most sensitive questions about the Nazi holocaust. Show more

Contributors

Chief Judge Dan Haywood:
Spencer Tracy
Dr Ernst Janning:
Burt Lancaster
Col Tad Lawson:
Richard Widmark
Mrs Bertholt:
Marlene Dietrich
Irene Hoffman:
Judy Garland
Capt Harrison Byers:
William Shatner
Rudolph Petersen:
Montgomery Clift
Writer:
Abby Mann

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Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Classic naval drama in which the captain of a World War II minesweeper-destroyer is relieved of his command by his officers. A dramatic court martial ensues.

Contributors

Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg:
Humphrey Bogart
Lieutenant Barney Greenwald:
Jose Ferrer
Lieutenant Steve Maryk:
Van Johnson
Lieutenant Tom Keefer:
Fred Mac Murray
Ensign Willie Keith:
Robert Francis
Commander DeVriess:
Tom Tully
Lieutenant Commander Challee:
EG Marshall
Meatball:
Lee Marvin
Herself:
May Wynn
Lieutenant Junior Grade H Paynter Jr:
Arthur Franz
Captain Blakely:
Warner Anderson
Seaman 'Horrible' Lugatch:
Claude Akins
Ensign Barney Harding:
Jerry Paris
Chief Budge:
Steve Brodie
Composer:
Max Steiner
Director of photography:
Frank Planer

Formats

Source: BBC Online