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