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Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.
Wendell Holmes
Banker - Critic at City Meeting
Richard Deacon
Townsman
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel Coffey
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown