TCM 'tonight'
12:00 AM -- Inherit the Wind (1960)
2h 7m | Drama | TV-PG
In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution.
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Spencer Tracy, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White -- Ernest Laszlo, and Best Film Editing -- Frederic Knudtson
The buzz about Fredric March's and Spencer Tracy's performances spread around the studio lot and Hollywood to the point that a lot of extras made their way to the set just to see the action. In one instance, the extras were applauding so much at one of March's dramatic speeches that they ruined the take by not waiting until the end.
