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