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