Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …

7.2146 min
Drama

Overview

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.

Movie Info

Release Date: 7/7/1960

Runtime: 146 min

Director: Richard Brooks

Writers: Richard Brooks, Sinclair Lewis

Top Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Elmer Gantry

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Sister Sharon Falconer

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Jim Lefferts

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

William L. Morgan

Shirley Jones

Shirley Jones

Lulu Bains

Patti Page

Patti Page

Sister Rachel

Edward Andrews

Edward Andrews

George F. Babbitt

John McIntire

John McIntire

Rev. John Pengilly

Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe

Rev. Philip Garrison

Joe Maross

Joe Maross

Pete

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