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Elmer Gantry (1960)

Directed by Richard Brooks

Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 146 minutes

Actors

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