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Inherit the Wind is a 1988 American legal drama television film directed by David Greene and written by John Gay, based on the 1955 play of the same name by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The film stars Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Darren McGavin and Jean Simmons. It aired on NBC on March 20, 1988.
- Legal Drama
Inherit the Wind: Directed by David Greene. With Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Darren McGavin, John Harkins. A biblical orator opposes a liberal lawyer defending a man for teaching Darwinism in the 1920s South.
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- Drama, History
- David Greene
- 1988-03-20
Inherit the Wind. A biblical orator (Kirk Douglas) opposes a liberal lawyer (Jason Robards) defending a man for teaching Darwinism in the 1920s South.
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- David Greene
- TV-PG
- Kirk Douglas
In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution...
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- Spencer Tracy
- Stanley Kramer
- Lomitas Productions Inc.
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. David Greene. Director. John Gay. Writer.
Inherit the Wind (1988) PRIMETIME EMMYS® 2X winner Based on the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey trial, two prominent lawyers argue the case of a school teacher who is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution and the ensuing battle over First Amendment rights versus the words in the Bible.
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Inherit the Wind is a 1988 American television film adaptation of the play of the same name. The original 1955 play was written as a parable which fictionalized the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s McCarthy trials.
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