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