Elmer Gantry (1960)

07/07/1960 (US) • 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 …

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.

Top Billed Cast

Burt Lancaster

Elmer Gantry

Jean Simmons

Sister Sharon Falconer

Arthur Kennedy

Jim Lefferts

Dean Jagger

William L. Morgan

Shirley Jones

Lulu Bains

Patti Page

Sister Rachel

Edward Andrews

George F. Babbitt

John McIntire

Rev. John Pengilly

Hugh Marlowe

Rev. Philip Garrison


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,000,000.00

Revenue

$10,400,000.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

con man

fraud

kansas, usa

religion

preacher

religious hypocrisy

traveling salesman

evangelist

revivalism

revival meeting

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