Inherit the Wind (Hallmark Hall of Fame)

1965 film by George Schaefer

2nd episode of the 15th season of Hallmark Hall of Fame

"Inherit the Wind"

Hallmark Hall of Fame episode

Episode no.

Season 15
Episode 2

Directed by

Teleplay by

Robert Hartung

Based on

Inherit the Wind
by

Original air date

November 18, 1965 (1965-11-18)

Guest appearances

Episode chronology

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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.

Plot summary

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Nominated:Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - George Schaefer
Nominated:Outstanding Dramatic Program - George Schaefer (producer)
Nominated:Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama - Diane Baker
Nominated:Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama - Ed Begley
Nominated:Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama - Melvyn Douglas

Blankenship, Bill (March 2, 2001). "Inherit the controversy". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2009.

v t e Scopes trial (1925)
People	Prosecutors (William Jennings Bryan; Tom Stewart (politician)) Defense Lawyers (Clarence Darrow; Dudley Malone; Arthur Garfield Hays) H. L. Mencken (journalist) John T. Raulston (judge) John T. Scopes (defendant) George Rappleyea (test case)
In fiction	Inherit the Wind play 1960 film 1965 film 1988 film 1999 film Monkey Town
Related	Butler Act Civic Biology The Great Monkey Trial Six Days or Forever? Epperson v. Arkansas (1968)

v t e Films directed by George Schaefer
King Richard II (1954) Macbeth (1954) Cradle Song (1956) Little Moon of Alban (1958) Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) Berkeley Square (1959) A Doll's House (1959) Macbeth (1960) The Tempest (1960) Cradle Song (1960) Give Us Barabbas! (1961) Time Remembered (1961) Victoria Regina (1961) Arsenic & Old Lace (1962) The Magnificent Yankee (1965) Inherit the Wind (1965) Barefoot in Athens (1966) Saint Joan (1967) The Admirable Crichton (1968) Elizabeth the Queen (1968) Pendulum (1969) The File on Devlin (1969) Generation (1969) Doctors' Wives (1971) F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974) Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974) Amelia Earhart (1976) An Enemy of the People (1978) First, You Cry (1978) Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979) The Bunker (1981) The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) Right of Way (1983) Stone Pillow (1985) Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988) The Man Upstairs (1992) Harvey (1996)

Films directed by George Schaefer

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