Movies Like Inherit the Wind: Genre and Cast Guide

Inherit the Wind (1960) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Philo, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond; Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady; Gene Kelly as E.K. Hornbeck; Dick York as Bertram T. Cates; Donna Anderson as Rachel Brown; Harry Morgan as Judge Mel; Claude Akins as Rev. Jeremiah Brown; Elliott Reid as Prosecutor Tom Davenport

About Inherit the Wind

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.

More like Inherit the Wind

• The Rainmaker
• Just Mercy
• Inherit the Wind
• The Pelican Brief
• Juror #2
• Quiz Show
• Judgment at Nuremberg
• 12 Angry Men

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.