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.

Director: Stanley Kramer

Writer: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith, Jerome Lawrence

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly

Production: N/A