Alleged is a romantic drama based on events occurring behind the scenes and outside the courtroom of the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925. Charles Anderson, a talented young reporter, feels trapped working for his deceased father's weekly newspaper and living in a tiny town (Dayton, TN) in steep decline. Seeing the "Monkey Trial" as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break into the journalistic big leagues, Charles manages to insert himself into the middle of the "Trial of the Century." Once in the midst of this staged event, however, he is torn between his love for the more principled Rose, his fiancée, and the escalating moral compromises that he is asked to make as the eager protégé of H.L. Mencken, America's most colorful and influential columnist.
Nathan West
as Charles Anderson
Colm Meaney
as H.L. Mencken
Brian Dennehy
as Clarence Darrow
Fred Thompson
as William Jennings Bryan
Ashley Johnson
as Rose Williams
JR Bourne
as George Rappleyea
Khori Faison
as Abigail
Thomas D. Mahard
as Judge Raulston
Geoffrey Beauchamp
as Dr. Morganthall
Jamie Kolacki
as John Scopes
Frank Zieger
as Tom Stewart
Marty Bufalini
as Mr. Lebarron
