Nathan West plays Charles, an aspiring young reporter stuck in Dayton, TN.

HL Mencken (played by Colm Meaney) influenced national reporting on the Scopes Monkey Trial more than any other writer.

Linda Boston in the colony scene from the movie "ALLEGED".  

Joshua Ray Bell with Fred Foote, writer of the movie "Alleged"

Sen. Fred Thompson plays William Jennings Bryan.  Ironically, both held presidential aspirations (Bryan getting the Democratic nominee 3x).

Director of Photography John 'Yianni' Samaras

"Alleged"  Ashley Johnson as Rose Williams.

"Alleged"  with Brian Dennehy and Fred Tompson

    Director of Photography  John Samaras

Charles (Nathan West) learns the ropes of big-city reporting from HL Mencken (Colm Meaney) the most influential (and feared) writer in America in the 1920s.

This 1896 campaign poster depicts William Jennings Bryan (here, Sen. Fred Thompson, circa 1972 or so).  The depiction of Thompson was done by artist Helen Williams Ward.

George Rappleyea (played by JR Bourne) gets some good trial news while in church. Hallelujah!

HL Mencken (Colm Meaney) on the train in Dayton, TN, in from Baltimore where he was the editor of the Sun.

Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy) fires off a comment in defense of John T. Scopes (Jamie Kolacki) at the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Director Tom Hines on the set of "alleged" with Charles (Nathan West) and George Rappleyea (JR Bourne).

Charles (Nathan West) looking dapper at the Scopes Monkey Trial.

HL Mencken (played by Colm Meaney) was singularly unimpressed with Dayton, TN in 1925.

Joshua Bell from the movie "Alleged (2010)"...between Brian Dennehy and Fred Thompson

Joshua Bell from the movie "Alleged (2010)"...in the court room scene with Brian Dennehy 