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Elmer Gantry

⭐️ 7.3 | 146 min | Drama | July 7th, 1960

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.

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Box Office

Budget: $3,000,000

Revenue: $10,400,000

ROI: +246.7%

Verdict: Hit

Trailer

Crew

Directors

> Richard Brooks (Director)
> John Alton (Director of Photography)
> Tom Shaw (Assistant Director)

Writers

> Richard Brooks (Screenplay)
> Sinclair Lewis (Novel)

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Sister Sharon Falconer

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

William L. Morgan

Shirley Jones

Shirley Jones

Patti Page

Patti Page

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

Philip Ober

Philip Ober

Reverend Planck

Barry Kelley

Barry Kelley

Police Captain Holt

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