Overview

Alleged is a romantic drama based on events occurring behind the scenes and outside the courtroom of the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925. Charles Anderson, a talented young reporter, feels trapped working for his deceased father's weekly newspaper and living in a tiny town (Dayton, TN) in steep decline. Seeing the "Monkey Trial" as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break into the journalistic big leagues, Charles manages to insert himself into the middle of the "Trial of the Century." Once in the midst of this staged event, however, he is torn between his love for the more principled Rose, his fiancée, and the escalating moral compromises that he is asked to make as the eager protégé of H.L. Mencken, America's most colorful and influential columnist.

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Cast

Nathan West

Charles Anderson

Colm Meaney

H.L. Mencken

Brian Dennehy

Clarence Darrow

Fred Thompson

William Jennings Bryan

Ashley Johnson

Rose Williams

JR Bourne

George Rappleyea

Thomas D. Mahard

Judge Raulston

Marty Bufalini

Mr. Lebarron

John Lepard

Rev. Sutherland

John Sanders

Prof. Mabon

Dan John Miller

Mr. Shelton

Linda Boston

Sally