Inherit the Wind (1960)

The Power to Think

Drummond (Spencer Tracy) debates Brady (Fredric March) on man’s power of reason, and therefore, his privilege to think.

Directed by Stanley Kramer.

Released in 1960 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Lawyer
  • character-type: Defendant
  • action: Argue
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • secondary-genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
  • secondary-genre: Classic Dramas
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  • secondary-genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • secondary-genre: Courtroom Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Drama
  • mood: Inspiring
  • mood: Brainy
  • setting: Courtroom
  • theme: Diversity
  • theme: Innovation
  • theme: Honor
  • actor: Dick York
  • actor: Donna Anderson
  • actor: Fredric March
  • actor: Elliott Reid
  • actor: Gene Kelly
  • actor: Noah Beery Jr.
  • 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: Rachel Brown
  • role-name: Prosecutor Tom Davenport
  • role-name: E. K. Hornbeck
  • role-name: Henry Drummond
  • role-name: John Stebbins
  • role-name: Matthew Harrison Brady
  • role-name: Judge Mel Coffey
  • role-name: Bertram T. Cates
  • screenwriter: Robert E. Lee
  • screenwriter: Nedrick Young
  • screenwriter: Harold Jacob Smith
  • screenwriter: Jerome Lawrence
  • year: 1960
  • studio: MGM