
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.

Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond

Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady

Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck

Dick York
Bertram T. Cates

Donna Anderson
Rachel Brown

Harry Morgan
Judge Mel

Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown

Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport

Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker

Philip Coolidge
Mayor Jason Carter

Jimmy Boyd
Howard

Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins

XIa
XIa

A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story
A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story

The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story
The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story

I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story
I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story

Bad Education
Bad Education

The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles

A History of Violence
A History of Violence

Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society

The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II

Boys Don't Cry
Boys Don't Cry

Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda

K-PAX
K-PAX