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Elmer Gantry

7.3 146 mins Drama   1960
United Artists  
Director(s): Richard Brooks

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.

Casts of Elmer Gantry

Burt Lancaster

as Elmer Gantry

Jean Simmons

as Sister Sharon Falconer

Arthur Kennedy

as Jim Lefferts

Dean Jagger

as William L. Morgan

Shirley Jones

as Lulu Bains

Patti Page

as Sister Rachel

Edward Andrews

as George F. Babbitt

John McIntire

as Rev. John Pengilly

Hugh Marlowe

as Rev. Philip Garrison

Joe Maross

as Pete

Philip Ober

as Reverend Planck

Barry Kelley

as Police Captain Holt

Wendell Holmes

as Reverend Ulrich

Dayton Lummis

as Eddington

Colin Kenny

as Extra at Revival Meeting

William H. O'Brien

as Train Conductor

Bert Stevens

as Choir Member

John Qualen

as Sam - Storekeeper

Rex Ingram

as Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)

Sally Fraser

as Prostitute

Robert P. Lieb

as Lincoln Police Captain

Larry J. Blake

as Mac - Bartender (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

as Benny - Photographer (uncredited)

George Cisar

as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Ralph Dumke

as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Everett Glass

as Rev. Brown (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

as Hobo in Boxcar (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Dan Riss

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Max Showalter

as Deaf Man (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Michael Whalen

as Rev. Phillips (uncredited)

Jean Willes

as Prostitute (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman

as Congregation Member (uncredited)

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