Inherit the Wind (Hallmark Hall of Fame)

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| series = Hallmark Hall of Fame

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| season = 15

| episode = 2

| director = George Schaefer

| teleplay = Robert Hartung

| runtime = 90 minutes

| based_on = {{Based on|Inherit the Wind
1955 play|Jerome Lawrence|Robert E. Lee}}

| airdate = {{Start date|1965|11|18}}

| guests =

| prev = Eagle in a Cage

| next = Amahl and the Night Visitors

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| episode_list = List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes

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Inherit the Wind is the November 18, 1965 episode of the American television series Hallmark Hall of Fame directed by George Schaefer. A videotaped adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name, it shortened the text of the original 1955 play which was written as a parable fictionalizing the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s McCarthy trials.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cjonline.com/stories/030201/wee_inherit.shtml |title=Inherit the controversy |work =The Topeka Capital-Journal |date=March 2, 2001 |last=Blankenship |first=Bill |access-date=2009-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113051143/http://cjonline.com/stories/030201/wee_inherit.shtml |archive-date=2014-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

Plot summary

Cast

Melvyn Douglas as Henry Drummond
Ed Begley as Matthew Harrison Brady
Murray Hamilton as E. K. Hornbeck
John Randolph as Rev. Brown
Burt Brinckerhoff as Bert Cates
Diane Baker as Rachel Brown
Adrienne King as Melinda

Awards and nominations

| rowspan="8"| 1966

| rowspan="8"| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Dramatic Program

| George Schaefer

| {{nom}}

| align="center" rowspan="8"| {{cite web |url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/hallmark-hall-fame#nominations-1966 |title=Hallmark Hall of Fame (1966) |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=December 26, 2024}}

| rowspan="2"| Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama

| Ed Begley

| {{nom}}

| Melvyn Douglas

| {{nom}}

| Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama

| Diane Baker

| {{nom}}

| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama

| George Schaefer

| {{nom}}

| Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts – Makeup

| Bob O'Bradovich

| {{nom}}

| Individual Achievements in Electronic Production – Technical Directors

| O. Tamburri

| {{won}}

| Special Classification of Individual Achievements

| Robert Hartung

| {{nom}}

Notes

External links

{{IMDb title | id=0297188| title=Inherit the Wind}}
[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/inherit-the-wind-am167054 Inherit the Wind at AllMovie]
{{TCMDb title|id=468215}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20220207192228/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/inherit/1965home.html Inherit the Wind On the Small Screen - 1965]

Category:1965 television films

Category:1965 films

Category:1965 drama films

Category:1960s legal drama films

Category:American legal drama films

Category:American courtroom films

Category:American films based on plays

Category:Films about religion

Category:Films about lawyers

Category:American films based on actual events

Category:Films à clef

Category:Films directed by George Schaefer