This 1960 movie is a roman a clef – a fancy way of saying that while the story it tells basically is true, the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Or, at least, to prevent lawsuits, or claims for payment. Basically, though, the story told here is of public school teacher B.T. Cates, who is put on trial in the 1920s for teaching evolution. The attorneys are Matthew Brady for the prosecution, and Henry Drummond for the defense. Brady is played, with bluster and brimstone, by Fre