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Clarence Darrow (1974)

| Biography, Drama | TV Movie 4 September 1974
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The taped performance of Henry Fonda's one-man show was aired as "IBM Presents Clarence Darrow" on September 4, 1974, on NBC.

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The taped performance of Henry Fonda's one-man show was aired as "IBM Presents Clarence Darrow" on September 4, 1974, on NBC.

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The Broadway production of "Clarence Darrow" by David W. Rintels opened at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York on March 26, 1974 and ran for 29 performances. See more »

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Clarence Darrow: [stripping off his jacket like a barroom fighter] William... Jennings... Bryan. Welcome to Tennessee, sir.
[Approaching the stand]
Clarence Darrow: You have given considerable study to the Bible, haven't you Mr. Bryan? You have written and published articles on the Bible almost weekly for fifty years... Do you believe that everything in the Bible should be interpreted literally? So when you read that the whale swallowed Jonah, you accept that literally? Was it the ordinary run of whale, or made especially for ...
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