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