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  1. Elmer Gantry (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  2. 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 .

  3. 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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    • Drama
    • Richard Brooks
    • 1960-08-26
  4. Novel. Richard Brooks. Screenplay. 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.

  5. Elmer Gantry - Full Cast & Crew. Best Actor Burt Lancaster stars as an unscrupulous Bible-thumping evangelist barnstorming through the 1920s Midwest, and Best Supporting Actress Shirley Jones...

    • Richard Brooks
  6. Elmer Gantry - Full Cast & Crew. 1960. 2 hr 26 mins. Drama. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Elmer Gantry, a persuasive travelling salesman always up for a drink or two, a risk lover and a...

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  8. Richard Brooks. Director, Screenplay. Sinclair Lewis. Novel. Reviews. Discussions. 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.