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.
Spencer Tracy
Fredric March
Gene Kelly
Dick York
Donna Anderson
Harry Morgan
Claude Akins
Elliott Reid
Paul Hartman
Philip Coolidge
Jimmy Boyd
Noah Beery Jr.
Norman Fell
Gordon Polk
Hope Summers
Ray Teal
Renee Godfrey
Florence Eldridge
John Alban
Leon Alton
Don Ames
Don Anderson
Eddie Baker
Frank Baker
John Barton
Brandon Beach
Gail Bonney
Chet Brandenburg
Brad Brown
Buck Bucko
George Calliga
Dick Cherney
Oliver Cross
Jack Daly
Jack Deery
Lester Dorr
George Dunn
Donald Elson
Adolph Faylauer
Duke Fishman
Raoul Freeman
David Fresco
Kay Garrett
Richard George
Helen Gereghty
Joseph Glick
James Gonzalez
Signe Hack
Stuart Hall
Joseph Hamilton
Sam Harris
Earle Hodgins
Tex Holden
Wendell Holmes
Shep Houghton
Colin Kenny
Johnny Kern
Perk Lazelle
King Lockwood
Hank Mann
Sandee Marriott
Thomas Martin
Harp McGuire
Frank Mills
Hans Moebus
Robert Osterloh
Stephen Paylow
Bob Perry
Joe Ploski
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Paul Power
Waclaw Rekwart
John Rice
Addison Richards
Leoda Richards
Robert Robinson
Scott Seaton
Leslie Sketchley
Stephen Soldi
Rudy Sooter
Bert Stevens
Hal Taggart
Harry Tenbrook
George Tracy
Charles Wagenheim
Justice Watson
Will Wright