Lead actor (Spencer Tracy) Lee Pfeiffer Scopes Trial law case Print Also known as: Monkey Trial, Scopes Monkey Trial Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years...
The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal. The trial featured two of the best-known orators of the era, William Jennings Bryan and...
[20] The movie featured the popular Spencer Tracy as Clarence Darrow, and even garnered a few Academy Award nominations. The movie features an angry mob trying to lynch a jailed teacher; in fact, the ACLU ran advertisements with offers to pay expenses for a teacher to volunteer for the ...