Inherit the Wind (1960)
Country: US
Technical: bw 127m
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Synopsis:
In a Southern state a school teacher is put on trial for teaching about Darwinism.
Review:
Excellent drama, which could not lose in view of its actors and theme, but is well written to boot. It says a good deal about the malleability of words and authorities; the composition, with two and three-shots, points up much of the oppositions, and one shot has the citizens of Hillboro march across the frame, with a darkened statue of Justice in the foreground. The case ends fittingly enough on a compromise: you cannot change people overnight, no less the law, needless to say. A great firework display, but without sufficient heart to maintain a lasting impression - fittingly since we see so much of it through the eyes of the cynical reporter, expertly played by Kelly.
Country: US
Technical: bw 127m
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Synopsis:
In a Southern state a school teacher is put on trial for teaching about Darwinism.
Review:
Excellent drama, which could not lose in view of its actors and theme, but is well written to boot. It says a good deal about the malleability of words and authorities; the composition, with two and three-shots, points up much of the oppositions, and one shot has the citizens of Hillboro march across the frame, with a darkened statue of Justice in the foreground. The case ends fittingly enough on a compromise: you cannot change people overnight, no less the law, needless to say. A great firework display, but without sufficient heart to maintain a lasting impression - fittingly since we see so much of it through the eyes of the cynical reporter, expertly played by Kelly.
Country: US
Technical: bw 127m
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Synopsis:
In a Southern state a school teacher is put on trial for teaching about Darwinism.
Review:
Excellent drama, which could not lose in view of its actors and theme, but is well written to boot. It says a good deal about the malleability of words and authorities; the composition, with two and three-shots, points up much of the oppositions, and one shot has the citizens of Hillboro march across the frame, with a darkened statue of Justice in the foreground. The case ends fittingly enough on a compromise: you cannot change people overnight, no less the law, needless to say. A great firework display, but without sufficient heart to maintain a lasting impression - fittingly since we see so much of it through the eyes of the cynical reporter, expertly played by Kelly.