- Creator Couple: In the 1960 film, real-life married couple Florence Eldridge and Fredric March appear as married couple Sarah and Matthew Harrison Brady, respectively.
- One-Take Wonder: To heighten the tension of Spencer Tracy's final summation to the jury, the scene was filmed in a single take.
- Playing Against Type: Gene Kelly in a dramatic role.
- Referenced by...: An episode of The Simpsons, based on the same trial, uses the 1960 film for reference material. Ned Flanders and Rev. Lovejoy have Lisa arrested for teaching evolution, and their lawyer is a Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit and straw boater hat who insists on referring to evolution as "devil-oution." Ned has to concede the case when Lisa's lawyer points out that Homer bears a remarkable resemblance (in both temperment and appearance) to an ape.
- What Could Have Been:
- Robert Vaughn was offered the role of E.K. Hornbeck, in case Gene Kelly turned it down. But he instead opted to make The Magnificent Seven (1960).
- Roddy McDowall and Anthony Perkins were considered for Bertram T. Cates.
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