Elmer Gantry

Name: Elmer Gantry
Director: Richard Brooks
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-07-07
Duration: 146 min
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones

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1960 · 146 min · NR · Drama · TMDB 7.3/10

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.

Directed by Richard Brooks

Cast

Burt Lancaster — Elmer Gantry
Jean Simmons — Sister Sharon Falconer
Arthur Kennedy — Jim Lefferts
Dean Jagger — William L. Morgan
Shirley Jones — Lulu Bains