Inherit the Wind — Oscars database

Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

Nominations

Spencer Tracy

Henry Drummond

Ernest Laszlo

Frederic Knudtson

Nedrick Young
Harold Jacob Smith

NOTE: Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).