Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.

• DirectorStanley Kramer
• Release7 July 1960
• GenreDrama
• Duration2h 8m
• Budget$2,000,000
• Revenue$2,000,000
• Rate
  

  7.662
  425 reviews
• Productions

  Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists