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        Elmer Gantry
        7.2
        (177 votes)

        Elmer Gantry

        1960
        Drama
        2 hr 26 min

        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.

        Creators

        Novel
        Sinclair Lewis
        Screenplay
        Richard Brooks
        Elmer Gantry

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Burt Lancaster
        Burt Lancaster
        Elmer Gantry
        Jean Simmons
        Jean Simmons
        Sister Sharon Falconer
        Arthur Kennedy
        Arthur Kennedy
        Jim Lefferts
        Dean Jagger
        Dean Jagger
        William L. Morgan
        Shirley Jones
        Shirley Jones
        Lulu Bains
        Patti Page
        Patti Page
        Sister Rachel
        Edward Andrews
        Edward Andrews
        George F. Babbitt
        John McIntire
        John McIntire
        Rev. John Pengilly
        Hugh Marlowe
        Hugh Marlowe
        Rev. Philip Garrison
        Joe Maross
        Joe Maross
        Pete
        Philip Ober
        Philip Ober
        Reverend Planck
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (07/07/1960)
        Original language
        English
        Budget
        $3,000,000
        Box office
        $10,400,000
        Country
        Production company
        📖Based on novel / book
        Con man
        Fraud
        Kansas, usa
        🕊️Religion
        Preacher
        Religious hypocrisy
        Traveling salesman
        Evangelist
        Revivalism
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