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 …
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.
- Year : 1960
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : United Artists
- Keyword : based on novel or book, con man, fraud, kansas, usa, religion, preacher, religious hypocrisy, traveling salesman, evangelist, revivalism
- Director : Richard Brooks
- Cast : Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, Patti Page