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![]() | Inherit the WindIn the 1920s, two of the country's greatest lawyers face one another at the trial of a Tennessee high school teacher arrested for bringing Darwin's theory of evolution into the classroom. |
Inherit the Wind (1988)Kirk played opposite Jason Robards, Jr. in this adaptation of the stage play about the infamous Scopes “monkey trial” of 1925. Kirk took on a role loosely based on William Jennings Bryan, and Robards one based on Clarence Darrow. The film, produced by Kirk’s son Peter, won that year’s Emmy for “Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special.” |