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  1. Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film about a confidence man and a female evangelist selling religion to small-town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis, and stars Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones and Patti Page .

  2. Elmer Gantry: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger. A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.

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    • Drama
    • Richard Brooks
    • 1960-08-26
  3. When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a ...

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    • Burt Lancaster
    • Richard Brooks
    • United Artists
  4. Elmer Gantry (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  5. Feb 22, 2014 · Elmer Gantry 1960 Movie. Video Detective. 136K subscribers. Subscribed. 31. 11K views 10 years ago. Official video content provided by MGM Home Entertainment or one of it's authorized agents ...

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  6. Synopsis. In the 1920s, Elmer Gantry entertains a group of fellow salesmen in a speakeasy with his ribald jokes and easy charm. When a Salvation Army worker enters, Gantry shocks and moves the crowd with an impromptu, impassioned sermon equating God with love. After collecting money from the patrons, Gantry takes a drunken barfly back to his ...

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  8. Elmer Gantry. 1960 · 2 hr 27 min. PG. Drama. A charming conman pretends to be a preacher and romances a roadside revivalist. Will his charade collapse when an ex-lover shows up to settle a score? Subtitles: English. Starring: Shirley Jones Arthur Kennedy Burt Lancaster Patti Page Jean Simmons. Directed by: Richard Brooks.