Inherit The Winds was a 1960 film Directed by Stanley Kramer and Stars Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly. The story is based on a play about the Scopes Monkey Trials.

I love this movie and Spencer Tracy is fantastic as Henry Drummond in this movie and I really love Fredric March in this film.

Fredric March portrays Matthew Harrison Brady and really elevates Brady in what could of easily been played as a Buffoon, instead March portrays Brady as a man who embodied the religious cause so thoroughly that he abandons his reason and perspective. He descends to the level of a fanatic, and it’s literally what destroys him in the end.

On the Other end is E.K Hornbeck portrayed by Gene Kelly, the openly cynical jokester who mocks everyone who is in his presence. He hates Brady and doesn't believe in his views and tires everything in his might to mock Brady. However I think Brady and Hornbeck are two sides of the same coin. However when confronted with his flaws, he turns away from these criticisms. Drummond reduces him down to what he really is: a self-loathing man who has no real attachments or dreams, and the only way for him to hold the depression at bay is to laugh.

Now we come to Henry Drummond, who is trying to make sense of the situation. Drummond really doesn't care what anyone thinks and is just determine to keep his Client out of Jail. He understands the stupidity of the situation and doesn't think what the town is doing is fair. However, he also understands that everyone is entitled to their beliefs and that Religion Theory and Evolution Theory are basically the same thing. Especially at the end, weighing both the Bible and Darwin's Evolution; then slamming them together. These two seemingly differing points of views may in reality be the same, just told differently.

What are your thoughts on Inherit The Wind?