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.
Directing | Stanley Kramer | Director |
Writing | Harold Jacob Smith | Screenplay |
Writing | Nedrick Young | Screenplay |
Writing | Jerome Lawrence | Writer |
Production | Stanley Kramer | Producer |
Writing | Robert E. Lee | Writer |
Sound | Ernest Gold | Original Music Composer |
Art | Rudolph Sternad | Production Design |
Production | Clem Beauchamp | Production Manager |
Directing | Ivan Volkman | Assistant Director |
Editing | Frederic Knudtson | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
Production | James Lister | Casting |
Sound | Joe Lapis | Sound Engineer |
Camera | Morris Rosen | Grip |
Costume & Make-Up | Joe King | Costume Design |
Camera | Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
Sound | Walter Elliott | Sound Editor |
Crew | Art Cole | Property Master |
Camera | Charles F. Wheeler | Camera Operator |
Directing | Sam Freedle | Script Supervisor |
Production | Herman Shumlin | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Larry Germain | Hairstylist |
Crew | Anne P. Kramer | Production Office Assistant |
Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |