Inherit the Wind (1960)

Name: Inherit the Wind
Released: 1960

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.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after Inherit the Wind

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) — Same subject: trial, courtroom drama
The Defiant Ones (1958) — Stanley Kramer directed both
Fury (1936)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)