Description

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.

Cast

Spencer Tracy

Fredric March

Gene Kelly

Dick York

Donna Anderson

Harry Morgan

Claude Akins

Elliott Reid

Paul Hartman

Philip Coolidge

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