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Elmer Gantry

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Calorie Rating: 205
Released: 1960-07-07
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 146 Minutes
Budget: 3000000
Revenue 10400000
Studios: United Artists,


When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.

Director / Directors

Tom Shaw
Assistant Director


Cast

Burt Lancaster
Character: Elmer Gantry
Jean Simmons
Character: Sister Sharon Falconer
Arthur Kennedy
Character: Jim Lefferts

Dean Jagger
Character: William L. Morgan
Shirley Jones
Character: Lulu Bains
Patti Page
Character: Sister Rachel

Edward Andrews
Character: George F. Babbitt
John McIntire
Character: Rev. John Pengilly
Hugh Marlowe
Character: Rev. Philip Garrison

Joe Maross
Character: Pete
Philip Ober
Character: Reverend Planck
Barry Kelley
Character: Police Captain Holt

Wendell Holmes
Character: Reverend Ulrich
Dayton Lummis
Character: Eddington
Colin Kenny
Character: Extra at Revival Meeting

William H. O'Brien
Character: Train Conductor
Bert Stevens
Character: Choir Member
John Qualen
Character: Sam - Storekeeper

Rex Ingram
Character: Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
Sally Fraser
Character: Prostitute
Robert P. Lieb
Character: Lincoln Police Captain

Larry J. Blake
Character: Mac - Bartender (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Character: Benny - Photographer (uncredited)
George Cisar
Character: Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)

Ralph Dumke
Character: Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Character: Rev. Brown (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Character: Hobo in Boxcar (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt
Character: Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Dan Riss
Character: Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Max Showalter
Character: Deaf Man (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel
Character: Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Michael Whalen
Character: Rev. Phillips (uncredited)
Jean Willes
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman
Character: Congregation Member (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Richard Brooks
Screenplay

André Previn
Original Music Composer
John Alton
Director of Photography

Edward Carrere
Art Direction
James Saper
Assistant Camera
Andrew J. McIntyre
Camera Operator

Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
William F. Calvert
Set Decoration

Frank Tuttle
Set Decoration
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Harry Maret
Makeup Artist

Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Fred J. Brown
Sound Effects Editor

Ken Darby
Music Supervisor
Gilbert Kurland
Production Manager