Elmer Gantry
movie
If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …
Released July 07, 1960
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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.
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
Crew
Richard Brooks
as
Screenplay
John Alton
as
Director of Photography
André Previn
as
Original Music Composer
Sinclair Lewis
as
Novel
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Edward Carrere
as
Art Direction
Richard Brooks
as
Director
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Marjorie Fowler
as
Editor
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Bernard Smith
as
Producer
Bob Herron
as
Stunts
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Charles Horvath
as
Stunts
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Al Carmichael
as
Stunts
Paul Baxley
as
Stunts