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.
Top Cast
Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
Gene Kelly as E.K. Hornbeck
Dick York as Bertram T. Cates
Donna Anderson as Rachel Brown
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