Inherit the Wind (1999)
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The celebrated stage drama by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, based on the real-life Scopes trial in which a teacher was jailed in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, is filmed for the third time in this adaptation produced for the Showtime premium cable network. Jack Lemmon plays… More The celebrated stage drama by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, based on the real-life Scopes trial in which a teacher was jailed in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, is filmed for the third time in this adaptation produced for the Showtime premium cable network. Jack Lemmon plays the celebrated trial lawyer who defends the teacher in a character based on Clarence Darrow and George C. Scott plays the prosecuting attorney, modeled on William Jennings Bryan; Tom Everett Scott plays the embattled educator. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Daniel Petrie
- Written By
- Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Faith & Spirituality
PG,
- In Theaters
- May 29, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
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Cast
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Jack Lemmon
as Darrow
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George C. Scott
as Bryan
- Piper Laurie
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Beau Bridges
as Hornbeck
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Tom Everett Scott
as Scopes
