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 …
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.
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Cast
Arthur Kennedy
Jim Lefferts
Rex Ingram
Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
George Cisar
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Ralph Dumke
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Hobo in Boxcar (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Jean Simmons
Sister Sharon Falconer
Patti Page
Sister Rachel
Edward Andrews
George F. Babbitt
Hugh Marlowe
Rev. Philip Garrison
Colin Kenny
Extra at Revival Meeting
Peter Brocco
Benny - Photographer (uncredited)
Claudia Bryar
Religious woman collecting money in opening scene (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Revivalist (uncredited)
Wendell Holmes
Reverend Ulrich
Dayton Lummis
Eddington
William H. O'Brien
Train Conductor
Max Showalter
Deaf Man (uncredited)
Joe Maross
Pete
John Qualen
Sam - Storekeeper
Sally Fraser
Prostitute
Larry J. Blake
Mac - Bartender (uncredited)
Dan Riss
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Michael Whalen
Rev. Phillips (uncredited)
Dean Jagger
William L. Morgan
Jean Willes
Prostitute (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
BarBara Luna
Prostitute (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Man Destroying Revival Tent (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Janitor in Revival Tent (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Philip Ober
Reverend Planck
Barry Kelley
Police Captain Holt
Mike Lally
Radio Station Official (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Blind Man (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Shirley Jones
Lulu Bains
John McIntire
Rev. John Pengilly
Everett Glass
Rev. Brown (uncredited)