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