Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Melvyn Douglas

Henry Drummond

Ed Begley

Matthew Harrison Brady

Diane Baker

Rachel Brown

Murray Hamilton

E.K. Hornbeck

John Randolph

Rev. Brown

Adrienne King

Melinda

Charles White

Bollinger

Burt Brinckerhoff

Bert Cates