

Elmer Gantry
1960 Directed by Richard BrooksA 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.
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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
Director
...........................................................Richard Brooks
Producer
...........................................................Bernard Smith
Assistant Director
...........................................................Tom Shaw
Screenplay
...........................................................Richard Brooks
Director of Photography
...........................................................John Alton
Original Music Composer
...........................................................André Previn
Novel
...........................................................Sinclair Lewis
Production Companies
...................................................United Artists
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Drama
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