Drama · United States of America · 1960 · 2h 26m

Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry poster
Director
Richard Brooks
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
Crew
John Alton — Director of Photography Marjorie Fowler — Editor André Previn — Original Music Composer Richard Brooks — Screenplay Sinclair Lewis — Novel Bernard Smith — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Elmer Gantry — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookcon manfraudkansas, usareligionpreacherreligious hypocrisytraveling salesmanevangelistrevivalismrevival meeting
Key Collaborators
Richard Brooks Director John Alton Director of Photography Marjorie Fowler Editor André Previn Original Music Composer Richard Brooks Screenplay Sinclair Lewis Novel Bernard Smith Producer Dorothy Jeakins Costume Design
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