Elmer Gantry 1960
7.25/10 by 160 users
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.
- Title: Elmer Gantry
- Year: 1960
- Genre: Drama
- Country: United States of America
- Studio: United Artists
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, Patti Page
- Crew: Marjorie Fowler (Editor), Bernard Smith (Producer), André Previn (Original Music Composer), John Alton (Director of Photography), Richard Brooks (Director), Sinclair Lewis (Novel)
- Keyword: based on novel or book, con man, fraud, kansas, usa, religion, preacher, religious hypocrisy, traveling salesman, evangelist, revivalism
- Release: Jul 07, 1960
- Runtime: 146 minutes
- IMDb: 7.25 / 10 by 160 users
- Popularity: 17
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Revenue: $10,400,000
- Language: English
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