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Inherit the Wind is a play dramatizing the Hillsboro Monkey Trial, in a small American town called Hillsboro, state unnamed, in the 1950s. This trial is based on some historical facts of the Scopes Monkey Trial, which occurred in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925, and which brought William Jennings Bryant, Clarence Darrow, and H. L. Mencken—a famous politician, lawyer, and reporter, respectively ...
Summaries. Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes.
Inherit the Wind takes its title from a Bible verse – “He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart” (Proverbs 11:29) – and the verse makes an apt choice for this 1955 play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. For this play denounces those who would “trouble their own house” in order to win political points ...
29 de may. de 2008 · Dirección: Stanley Kramer Reparto: Dick York, Florence Eldridge, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Spencer Tracy Título en V.O: Inherit the Wind Año: 1960 Duración: 127 Género: Drama ...
Inherit the Wind is a film directed by Stanley Kramer with Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York .... Year: 1960. Original title: Inherit the Wind. Synopsis: Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition ...You can watch Inherit ...
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.
Although Lawrence and Lee used the Scopes trial as the basis for their play, Inherit the Wind is a work of fiction. In their introduction, Lawrence and Lee make clear that the play is not history. "Some of the characters of the play are related to the colorful figures in the battle of giants; but they have life and language of their own — and ...
