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.
1960 | 2 h 8 min
Director: Stanley Kramer
Stars: Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy