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Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, Donna Anderson, Fredric March, and Dick York in Inherit the Wind (1960)

Parents guide

Inherit the Wind

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    None
  • Violence & Gore:
    None
  • Profanity:
    None
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Mild

Sex & Nudity

None
17 of 19 found this to have none
Brief kissing scenes

Violence & Gore

None
12 of 15 found this to have none
A group of people burn an effigy of a man.
A man draws a picture of a hang man cartoon stick man.

Profanity

None
11 of 19 found this to have none
There are a few uses of "damn" and "hell" in the movie.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
10 of 16 found this mild
Drinking of wine.
Some brief scenes of men smoking cigars and cigarettes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
7 of 15 found this mild
The movie contains many rough arguments with shouting, crying, and simply not agreeing on creation and evolution. The movie therefore may frustrate the viewer when an opposite side is presented.
A preacher shouts out about damnation and hell.
A man collapses in a court room.
Although film is "based" on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the original play, and by extension the film, was never intended to be a faithful recreation of the historical event. It was originally created as an allegory about McCarthyite witchhunts of the 1950s, much like how the play and film adaptations of "The Crucible" used the historical event of the Salem Witchhunts to be a similar parallel. Parents who desire their children to have an accurate understanding of the Scopes Monkey Trial should permit their children watch the movie only if they are willing to undertake necessary study of the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Certifications

  • Argentina
    • 13
  • Australia
    • G
  • Canada
    • PGvideo rating
  • Finland
    • K-8
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Italy
    • VM16original rating, cut
    • T1977, re-rating
  • Norway
    • 121960
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • 11
  • United Kingdom
    • Acinema rating
    • Uvideo rating
  • United States
    • PassedNational Board of Review
    • Approvedcertificate #19499
    • TV-PGTV rating
  • West Germany
    • 12

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