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