Inherit the Wind

Overview

Adaptation of the Broadway play by Lawrence and Lee. A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

John Randolph

Reverend Brown

Murray Hamilton

E.K. Hornbeck

Melvyn Douglas

Henry Drummond

Ed Begley

Matthew Harrison Brady

Diane Baker

Rachel Brown

John McGovern

Judge