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Elmer Gantry (1960)
Directed by Richard Brooks
“If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …”
Drama · 2h 26m
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
Elmer Gantry
Jean Simmons
Sister Sharon Falconer
Arthur Kennedy
Jim Lefferts
Dean Jagger
William L. Morgan
Shirley Jones
Lulu Bains
Patti Page
Sister Rachel
Edward Andrews
George F. Babbitt
John McIntire
Rev. John Pengilly
Hugh Marlowe
Rev. Philip Garrison
Joe Maross
Pete
Philip Ober
Reverend Planck
Barry Kelley
Police Captain Holt
Crew
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Screenplay
- Richard Brooks
- Novel
- Sinclair Lewis
- Director of Photography
- John Alton
- Original Music Composer
- André Previn
- Editor
- Marjorie Fowler
- Producer
- Bernard Smith
Details
- Release date
- 1960-07-07
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $10,400,000