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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: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger. A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
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Jan 17, 2024. Rated: 7/10 • Nov 14, 2021. Nov 7, 2019. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer ...
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- Burt Lancaster
- Richard Brooks
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In a July 1960 New York Times article, director Richard Brooks wrote that he first entertained the idea of writing a film adaptation of Elmer Gantry in 1945, when Lewis favorably reviewed Brooks's first novel, The Brick Foxhole, in Esquire magazine. When Brooks, at the time a marine, was then threatened with a court-martial for failing to ...
- Richard Brooks
- Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry is a fast-talking, hard-drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire-and-damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following. Gantry uses his own quick wit and Bible knowledge ...
Elmer Gantry (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Oscars Cannes Film Festival Asian Pacific American Heritage ...
