1960 film "Inherit the Wind"

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courtroom drama film film

The 1960 film "Inherit the Wind" is a courtroom drama loosely based on the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, exploring the clash between religious fundamentalism and the teaching of evolution.

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Inherit the Wind 36
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Predicate Object
instanceOf courtroom drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Actor for Spencer Tracy ⓘ
Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ⓘ
Best Film Editing ⓘ
addresses civil liberties ⓘ
religious fundamentalism ⓘ
basedOn play "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
surface form: Inherit the Wind (play)
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
characterRole Dick York as Bertram Cates ⓘ
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady ⓘ
Gene Kelly ⓘ
surface form: Gene Kelly as E. K. Hornbeck

Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond ⓘ
cinematographyBy Ernest Laszlo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Stanley Kramer ⓘ
discusses teaching of evolution in schools ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Frederic Knudtson ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
genre drama film ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
historicalBasis State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes ⓘ
surface form: 1925 Scopes Trial
inspiredBy Scopes "Monkey" Trial ⓘ
surface form: Scopes Monkey Trial
mainTheme clash between religious fundamentalism and evolution ⓘ
musicBy Ernest Gold ⓘ
narrativeFocus trial over teaching evolution in a public school ⓘ
notableFor allegorical treatment of McCarthyism ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
playwright Jerome Lawrence ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
portrays conflict between science and religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of thought ⓘ
producer Stanley Kramer ⓘ
productionCompany Stanley Kramer Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1960-07-07 ⓘ
releaseYear 1960 ⓘ
runtime 128 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith ⓘ
Nedrick Young ⓘ
setting fictional town of Hillsboro ⓘ
starring Dick York ⓘ
Donna Anderson ⓘ
Fredric March ⓘ
Gene Kelly ⓘ
Harry Morgan ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1920s ⓘ

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