Film

Elmer Gantry

Name: Elmer Gantry
Director: Richard Brooks
Released: 1960
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones

1960 · 146 min · ★ 7.3 · Dir. Richard Brooks

If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …

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.