Inherit the Wind (1960 film)

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
Directed by	Stanley Kramer
Screenplay by	Nedrick Young; Harold Jacob Smith;
Based on	Inherit the Wind; 1955 play; by Jerome Lawrence; Robert E. Lee;
Produced by	Stanley Kramer
Starring	Spencer Tracy; Fredric March; Gene Kelly; Dick York; Donna Anderson; Harry Morgan;
Cinematography	Ernest Laszlo
Edited by	Frederic Knudtson
Music by	Ernest Gold
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	June 25, 1960 (Berlin Film Festival); July 21, 1960 (Dayton, Tennessee);
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$2 million (worldwide)

Inherit the Wind is a 1960 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer and based on the 1955 play of the same name written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry Drummond and Fredric March as his friend and rival Matthew Harrison Brady. It also features Gene Kelly, Dick York, Harry Morgan, Donna Anderson, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr., Florence Eldridge, Jimmy Boyd and Gordon Polk.

The script was adapted by Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith.^[4] Kramer was commended for bringing in Young, as the latter was blacklisted and forced to use the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas.

Inherit the Wind is a parable that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss McCarthyism.^[5] Written in response to the chilling effect of the McCarthy era investigations on intellectual discourse, the film (like the play) is critical of creationism.

A television remake of the film which starred Melvyn Douglas and Ed Begley was broadcast in 1965. Another television remake that starred Jason Robards and Kirk Douglas aired in 1988. It was remade for television again in 1999, co-starring Jack Lemmon as Drummond and George C. Scott as Brady.

^ Inherit the Wind at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
^ Curtis, James (2011). Spencer Tracy: A Biography. Alfred Knopf. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-307-26289-9.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference tino was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Inherit the Wind Comes to Hollywood". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
^ Blankenship, Bill (March 2, 2001). "Inherit the controversy". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

[AFI-1] Inherit the Wind at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[tracy-2] Curtis, James (2011). Spencer Tracy: A Biography. Alfred Knopf. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-307-26289-9.

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[4] "Inherit the Wind Comes to Hollywood". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.

[controversy-5] Blankenship, Bill (March 2, 2001). "Inherit the controversy". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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