Inherit the Wind

     

Inherit the Wind1960

Director: Stanley Kramer
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson
Genre: Drama, History
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 128 minutes

Two of the juiciest roles in the American theater fall at the feet of Spencer Tracy and Fredric March, and both men make a meal of it. Inherit the Wind, based on the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, is a slightly fictionalized account of t… more »


Henry Drummond:
I don't swear for the hell of it. Language is a poor enough means of communication. We've got to use all the words we've got. Besides, there are damn few words anybody understands.

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