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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.
Henry Drummond
Matthew Harrison Brady
E.K. Hornbeck
Bertram T. Cates
Rachel Brown
Judge Mel
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Mayor Jason Carter
Howard
John Stebbins
WGN Radio Technician
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Jessie H. Dunlap
Mrs. Stebbins
Sarah Brady
July 7, 1960
Henry Drummond
Matthew Harrison Brady
E.K. Hornbeck
Bertram T. Cates
Rachel Brown
Judge Mel
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Mayor Jason Carter
Howard
John Stebbins
WGN Radio Technician
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Jessie H. Dunlap
Mrs. Stebbins
Sarah Brady
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