Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1960-07-07) |
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| Awards: | Won 3 Oscars. 11 wins & 14 nominations total |
| Screen: | Richard Brooks, Sinclair Lewis |
| Productions: | United Artists |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 13784: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
- 14500: Jean Simmons - Sister Sharon Falconer
- 11128: Arthur Kennedy - Jim Lefferts
- 29313: Dean Jagger - William L. Morgan
- 60158: Shirley Jones - Lulu Bains
- 113653: Patti Page - Sister Rachel
- 29719: Edward Andrews - George F. Babbitt
Crews
- 3632: Richard Brooks - Director - Directing
- 3632: Richard Brooks - Screenplay - Writing
- 148078: Sinclair Lewis - Novel - Writing
- 70863: Bernard Smith - Producer - Production
- 5805: André Previn - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 96252: John Alton - Director of Photography - Camera
- 18664: Marjorie Fowler - Editor - Editing
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Burt Lancaster is on great form here as the eponymous quick-talking and charismatic hoover salesman who alights upon the successful industry that is "Sister Sharon" (Jean Simmons). She preaches the word of God with a piousness that he finds compelling. Not because he shares her zeal, ....
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**_The story of traveling tent revivalists in 1920’s America_** A fast-talking salesman from Missouri (Burt Lancaster) is attracted to the troupe of a winsome evangelist (Jean Simmons). Once he proves his abilities as a charismatic preacher, he joins the "road church" show, but a ....
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