Elmer Gantry (1960)

Drama • PT2H26M

Elmer Gantry

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.

Director: Richard Brooks

Top 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

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