
18/11/1965
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.

Melvyn Douglas
as Henry Drummond

Ed Begley
as Matthew Harrison Brady

Diane Baker
as Rachel Brown

Murray Hamilton
as E.K. Hornbeck

John Randolph
as Rev. Brown

Adrienne King
as Melinda

Charles White
as Bollinger

Burt Brinckerhoff
as Bert Cates

Norman Wright
as Townsman

Robert Breen
as Elijah

Fred Burrell
as Davenport

Doug Chapin
as Howard

Beulah Garrick
as Mrs. McClain

John Irving
as Reporter
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