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