Inherit the Wind (1988)

Directed by

David Greene

Genre

trial film, historical drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-town teacher is put on trial for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school. The trial becomes a national spectacle as two famous lawyers clash over science and religion.

dramatictensethought-provokingdebate-drivenhistoricalseriouscerebralsympathetic

What happens

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. The original play was written as a parable which fictionalized the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s McCarthy trials. This version differed from the two previous films by attempting to make Brady more sympathetic and the storyline (according to its producers) "a bit more fair to both sides." When announced in early 1987, the film was to co-star Douglas and Gregory Peck, under the title The Monkey Trial. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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