Elmer Gantry

Release Date:

Jul 7, 1960

Running Time:

2:25

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Richard Brooks

Cast:

Burt Lancaster	Elmer Gantry
Jean Simmons	Sister Sharon Falconer
Dean Jagger	William L. Morgan
Shirley Jones	Lulu Bains
Arthur Kennedy	Jim Lefferts
Patti Page	Sister Rachel
Edward Andrews	George F. Babbitt (as Ed Andrews)
John McIntire	Rev. John Pengilly
Joe Maross	Pete (Lulu'sman)
Everett Glass	Rev. Brown (uncredited)
Michael Whalen	Rev. Phillips (uncredited)
Hugh Marlowe	Rev. Philip Garrison
Philip Ober	Rev. Planck
Wendell Holmes	Rev. Ulrich
Barry Kelley	Police Capt. Holt
Rex Ingram	Preacher of black congregation (uncredited)
Jean Willes	Prostitute (uncredited)
Sally Fraser	Prostitute (uncredited)

Writers:

Richard Brooks, Sinclair Lewis

Language:

English

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When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.

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