Inherit the Wind (1960)

Calling Brady to the Stand

In a highly irregular move, Drummond (Spencer Tracy) calls Brady (Fredric March) to the stand as a witness for the defense.

Directed by Stanley Kramer.

Released in 1960 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Lawyer
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • secondary-genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
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  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • secondary-genre: Courtroom Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Drama
  • mood: Angry
  • prop: Bible
  • setting: Courtroom
  • theme: Ethics
  • theme: Communication
  • theme: Attitude
  • theme: Conflict
  • theme: Control
  • actor: Dick York
  • actor: Paul Hartman
  • actor: Fredric March
  • actor: Elliott Reid
  • actor: Gene Kelly
  • actor: Harry Morgan
  • actor: Spencer Tracy
  • director: Stanley Kramer
  • producer: Stanley Kramer
  • cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo
  • composer: Ernest Gold
  • editor: Frederic Knudtson
  • production-designer: Rudolph Sternad
  • role-name: Prosecutor Tom Davenport
  • role-name: E. K. Hornbeck
  • role-name: Henry Drummond
  • role-name: Matthew Harrison Brady
  • role-name: Judge Mel Coffey
  • role-name: Deputy Horace Meeker - Bailiff
  • role-name: Bertram T. Cates
  • screenwriter: Robert E. Lee
  • screenwriter: Nedrick Young
  • screenwriter: Harold Jacob Smith
  • screenwriter: Jerome Lawrence
  • year: 1960
  • studio: MGM