Inherit the Wind | |
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Written by |
Jerome Lawrence (play) Robert E. Lee (play) Robert Hartung (teleplay) |
Directed by | George Schaefer |
Starring |
Melvyn Douglas Ed Begley |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Release | |
Original release | November 18, 1965 |
Inherit the Wind is a 1965 television film adaptation of the play of the same name. The original 1955 play was written as a parable which fictionalized the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s McCarthy trials.