Elmer Gantry1960
If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …
Director
Screenplay
Richard Brooks
Actors
Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, Patti Page, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, Philip Ober, Barry Kelley, John Qualen, Rex Ingram, Dan Riss, Michael Whalen, Charles Morton
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 146 Minutes
Genres
FSK
16
About the film
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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Ratings
7.3tmdb
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