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Inherit the Wind

The great minds of their day. The most famous court battle of the century. The explosive issue that won't go away!

7.3(11)19881h 36m1

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

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Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • courtroom
  • evolution
  • bigotry
  • scopes monkey trial

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Behind the camera

Director

David Greene

Writers

John Gay

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TV20 Mar 1988
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical12MGM / UA Home Video (Videopremiere)18 Feb 1989

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Inherit the Wind was released on 20 March 1988.

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    kevin2019

    2/29/2024

    10/10

    "Inherit the Wind" is a well acted and well staged period piece of the strength and story consciousness it is hard to find today. It has a truly amazing standard of writing which is of such a consistent high calibre it is difficult to imagine just how it could be possible to make a weak film out of it. Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards have an incredible amount of thought provoking material to work with and Robards is …

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