Claude Akins	Reverend Jeremiah Brown
Donna Anderson	Rachel Brown
Philip Coolidge	Mayor Jason Carter
Paul Hartman	Bailiff Meeker
Gene Kelly	E. K. Hornbeck
Fredric March	Matthew Harrison Brady
Elliott Reid	Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Spencer Tracy	Henry Drummond
Dick York	Bertram T. Cates

Director	Stanley Kramer
Producer	Stanley Kramer
Writer	Jerome Lawrence Nedrick Young

This fictional treatment of the historic Scopes "monkey trial" of the 1920's pits Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) against Matthew Harrison Brady (Frederic March) arguing about the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution. The actual 1925 trial pitted famed trial lawyer Clarence Darrow versus frequent presidential candidate Williams Jennings Bryan and provides the basis – and much of the actual dialogue – for the legal arguments. In a steamy Tennessee courtroom, the two men posture and declaim in a trial followed closely throughout the nation. The ending is both dramatic and yet anti-climatic, with no real winner or loser and without settling the question definitively.

Edition Details Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) Country USA Language English Distributor MGM Home Entertainment Barcode 027616869388 Region Region 1 Release Date 12/11/2001 Packaging Jewel Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Subtitles French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [French] Dolby Digital Mono [English] Dolby Digital Mono [French] Dolby Digital Mono [Spanish] Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features Original Theatrical Trailer

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