Elmer Gantry
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- Runtime
- 146 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Burt Lancaster
- Jean Simmons
- Arthur Kennedy
- Dean Jagger
- Shirley Jones
- Patti Page
- Edward Andrews
- John McIntire
- Hugh Marlowe
- Joe Maross
- Philip Ober
- Barry Kelley
- Wendell Holmes
- Dayton Lummis
- Colin Kenny
- William H. O'Brien
- Bert Stevens
- John Qualen
- Rex Ingram
- Sally Fraser
- Robert P. Lieb
- Larry J. Blake
- Peter Brocco
- George Cisar
- Ralph Dumke
- Everett Glass
- Sol Gorss
- Norman Leavitt
- Dan Riss
- Max Showalter
- Dale Van Sickel
- Michael Whalen
- Jean Willes
- Raoul Freeman
Director
- Richard Brooks
Producers
- Bernard Smith
Screenwriter
- Richard Brooks
