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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.
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Wendell Holmes
Banker - Critic at City Meeting
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins