Inherit the Wind (1960)

“Inherit the Wind” got my brain spinning in so many different directions, I had a hard time going to sleep last night. It was fabulous. Dick York stars as Bert Cates, a high school teacher who decides to teach the theory of evolution in his class. The town of Hillsboro has a law that only creationism should be taught in the public schools, and when word reaches the authorities that he has brought Darwin into the classroom, they come to arrest him. Making matters worse is the fact that Bert is engaged to Rachel, the daughter of the Reverend, Bert’s … Continue reading