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Elmer Gantry

1960 · 2h 26m · Drama

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

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.

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Cast

• Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry
• Jean Simmons as Sister Sharon Falconer
• Arthur Kennedy as Jim Lefferts
• Dean Jagger as William L. Morgan
• Shirley Jones as Lulu Bains
• Patti Page as Sister Rachel
• Edward Andrews as George F. Babbitt
• John McIntire as Rev. John Pengilly
• Hugh Marlowe as Rev. Philip Garrison
• Joe Maross as Pete
• Philip Ober as Reverend Planck
• Barry Kelley as Police Captain Holt

Details

Director

Richard Brooks

Released

July 7, 1960

Runtime

2h 26m

Genres

Drama

Studio

United Artists

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.3 / 10 from 207 votes