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 …

146 mins
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.

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

Hugh Marlowe

Rev. Philip Garrison

Philip Ober

Reverend Planck

Barry Kelley

Police Captain Holt

Wendell Holmes

Reverend Ulrich

Dayton Lummis

Eddington

Colin Kenny

Extra at Revival Meeting

William H. O'Brien

Train Conductor

Bert Stevens

Choir Member

John Qualen

Sam - Storekeeper

Rex Ingram

Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)

Sally Fraser

Prostitute

Robert P. Lieb

Lincoln Police Captain

Larry J. Blake

Mac - Bartender (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

Benny - Photographer (uncredited)

George Cisar

Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Ralph Dumke

Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Everett Glass

Rev. Brown (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Hobo in Boxcar (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Dan Riss

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Max Showalter

Deaf Man (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Michael Whalen

Rev. Phillips (uncredited)

Jean Willes

Prostitute (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman

Congregation Member (uncredited)

Richard Brooks

Screenplay

John Alton

Director of Photography

André Previn

Original Music Composer

Edward Carrere

Art Direction

James Saper

Assistant Camera

Andrew J. McIntyre

Camera Operator

Dorothy Jeakins

Costume Design

Frank Tuttle

Set Decoration

Joan St. Oegger

Hairstylist

Robert J. Schiffer

Makeup Artist

Gilbert Kurland

Production Manager

Harry Maret

Makeup Artist

Ken Darby

Music Supervisor

Fred J. Brown

Sound Effects Editor

Tom Shaw

Assistant Director

William F. Calvert

Set Decoration

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