Inherit the Wind

The great minds of their day. The most famous court battle of the century. The explosive issue that won't go away!

7.8
19881h 36m

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Trailers & Videos

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Inherit the Wind (1988) Promo

Cast

Photo of Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Matthew Harrison Brady

Photo of Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Harry Drummond

Photo of Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

E.K. Hornbeck

Photo of Megan Follows

Megan Follows

Rachel Brown

Photo of Kyle Secor

Kyle Secor

Bertram Cates

Photo of Michael Ensign

Michael Ensign

Reverend Brown

Photo of Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Lucy Brady

Photo of Josh Clark

Josh Clark

Davenport

Photo of Ron Hayden

Ron Hayden

Radio Newsman

Photo of Kathy Kinney

Kathy Kinney

Woman at Depot

Photo of Michael Joiner

Michael Joiner

News Photographer

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Reviews

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kevin2019

10/10

"Inherit the Wind" is a well acted and well staged period piece of the strength and story consciousness it is hard to find today. It has a truly amazing standard of writing which is of such a consistent high calibre it is difficult to imagine just how it could be possible to make a weak film out of it. Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards have an incredible amount of thought provoking material to work with and Robards is at his unassuming best throughout from his reminiscing about a rocking horse from his childhood called "Golden Dancer" to his increasingly explosive and impeccably paced questioning of Douglas based upon some random excerpts selected from the Holy Bible which eventually reveals Brady's unshatterable faith to still be intact, but his reasoning in such matters to be flawed and often floundering.

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