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Inherit the Wind   1960         N/R, 127 min. Genre: Drama Director: Stanley Kramer   Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Dick York, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Florence Eldridge, Elliott Reid, Philip Coolidge, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr., Donna Anderson, Paul Hartman, Jimmy Boyd, Norman Fell, Hope Summers   Charles Darwin's theories of evolution go on trial in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee where Clarence Darrow (Spencer Tracy) and William Jennings Bryan (Fredric March) argue the merits of teaching the new science in the classroom.    1 User Review User Review Battle of the Giants 1fatts 06/16/2009    The story is that when this movie was being shot, actors on the lot would find their way to the set to just hang out and watch the battle of the giants: Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. It was a good script; no one could direct courtroom like Stanley Kramer; nice casting; great set: but it is, in the end, March and Tracy eating the scenery and creating character. Other good things deserve to be said about this movie, but it`s watching the two actors of their generation pull out the stops that overshadows everything else. Cast Spencer Tracy Henry Drummond Fredric March Matthew Harrison Brady Dick York Bertram T. Cates Gene Kelly E.K. Hornbeck Harry Morgan Judge Mel Coffey Florence Eldridge Mrs. Brady Elliott Reid Prosecutor Tom Davenport Philip Coolidge Mayor Jason Carter Claude Akins Rev. Brown Noah Beery Jr. John Stebbins Donna Anderson Rachel Brown Paul Hartman Meeker Jimmy Boyd Howard Norman Fell Radio Announcer Hope Summers Mrs. Krebs

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