Inherit the Wind (1960) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Stanley Kramer.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond
• Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
• Gene Kelly as E.K. Hornbeck
• Dick York as Bertram T. Cates
• Donna Anderson as Rachel Brown
• Harry Morgan as Judge Mel
• Claude Akins as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
• Elliott Reid as Prosecutor Tom Davenport
• Paul Hartman as Bailiff Mort Meeker
• Philip Coolidge as Mayor Jason Carter
• Jimmy Boyd as Howard
• Noah Beery Jr. as John Stebbins
• Norman Fell as WGN Radio Technician
• Gordon Polk as George Sillers
• Hope Summers as Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
• Ray Teal as Jessie H. Dunlap
• Renee Godfrey as Mrs. Stebbins
• Florence Eldridge as Sarah Brady
• John Alban as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Leon Alton as Townsman (uncredited)
• Don Anderson as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
• Eddie Baker as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
• Frank Baker as Townsman (uncredited)
• John Barton as Townsman (uncredited)
• Brandon Beach as Townsman (uncredited)
• Gail Bonney as Fundamentalist Woman (uncredited)
• Chet Brandenburg as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Brad Brown as Courtroom Photographer (uncredited)
• Buck Bucko as Townsman (uncredited)
• George Calliga as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Dick Cherney as Townsman (uncredited)
• Oliver Cross as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
• Jack Daly as Eskimo Pie Vendor in Courtroom (uncredited)
• Jack Deery as Townsman (uncredited)
• Lester Dorr as Dr. John (uncredited)
• George Dunn as Banker / Critic at Town Meeting (uncredited)
• Donald Elson as Bollinger (uncredited)
• Adolph Faylauer as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
• Duke Fishman as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Raoul Freeman as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Crew

• Stanley Kramer — Director
• Harold Jacob Smith — Screenplay
• Nedrick Young — Screenplay
• Stanley Kramer — Producer
• Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer
• Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography

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