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