Elmer Gantry

"If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …"

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.

Director: Richard Brooks

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Elmer Gantry

Jean Simmons

Sister Sharon Falconer

Arthur Kennedy

Jim Lefferts

Dean Jagger

William L. Morgan

Shirley Jones

Lulu Bains

Patti Page

Sister Rachel

Edward Andrews

George F. Babbitt

John McIntire

Rev. John Pengilly