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.
Nedrick Young | Screenplay |
Stanley Kramer | Director |
Harold Jacob Smith | Screenplay |
Stanley Kramer | Producer |
Ernest Gold | Original Music Composer |
Frederic Knudtson | Editor |
Rudolph Sternad | Production Design |
James Lister | Casting |
Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
Ivan Volkman | Assistant Director |