Directed by Stanley Kramer
An Emmy-winning drama film directed by Stanley Kramer. Winner of TV Movie.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 11%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.7/10
487 ratings
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.
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Awards
Top 23% 1960s Drama movies.
Second-best Stanley Kramer film, behind Judgment at Nuremberg.
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