
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
Cast

Melvyn Douglas
Henry Drummond

Ed Begley
Matthew Harrison Brady

Diane Baker
Rachel Brown

Murray Hamilton
E.K. Hornbeck

John Randolph
Rev. Brown

Adrienne King
Melinda

Charles White
Bollinger

Burt Brinckerhoff
Bert Cates
Norman Wright
Townsman
Robert Breen
Elijah
Fred Burrell
Davenport
Doug Chapin
Howard
Beulah Garrick
Mrs. McClain
John Irving
Reporter
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