INHERIT THE WIND (1960)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

IN one of the first scenes of the 1960 Spencer Tracy movie, Inherit the Wind, Bertram Cares, a character based on John T. Scopes, explains to his fiancee from a county jail why he must teach his students evolution and why he refuses to back down: "Tell them they can let my body out of jail if I lock up my mind? Could you stand that?"

His impassioned plea for understanding gives the audience a clear awareness of the struggle the real Scopes was forced to endure. There's only one problem with ...