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Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film about a confidence man and a female evangelist selling religion to small-town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis, and stars Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones and Patti Page .
Elmer Gantry is a fast-talking salesman who becomes a successful preacher in a revivalist movement. The film, based on Sinclair Lewis' novel, won three Oscars and features Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones and Arthur Kennedy.
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- Drama
- Richard Brooks
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A drama based on Sinclair Lewis' novel about a young drifter who becomes a successful preacher but hides his past. Starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, and Shirley Jones, directed by Richard Brooks.
- Richard Brooks
- Burt Lancaster
A fast-talking salesman becomes a preacher and falls in love with a revivalist in 1920s America. But his past catches up with him and threatens his faith and his relationship in this Oscar-winning drama.
Watch Elmer Gantry with a subscription on Prime Video. When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), a...
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- Burt Lancaster
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A 1998 play adaptation by Richard Rossi was performed in Los Angeles and broadcast on TV October 24, 1998. [7] After the play, Rossi was cast in the lead role of Elmer Gantry in a film remake of the 1960 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, slated to be directed by Amin Q. Chaudhri. [8]
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Elmer Gantry. A Best Actor Oscar went to Burt Lancaster for his outstanding performance as a con-man-turned-preacher in this provocative indictment of religious corruption. Co-stars Jean Simmons and Shirley Jones.
