Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film about a confidence man and a female evangelist selling religion to small-town America.
Elmer Gantry
1960 ‧ Drama/Comedy ‧ 2h 26m
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When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage...
Release date: July 1960 (USA)
Director: Richard Brooks
Distributed by: United Artists
Adapted from: Elmer Gantry
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A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of the United States in fundamentalist ...
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Elmer Gantry, novel by Sinclair Lewis, a satiric indictment of fundamentalist religion that caused an uproar upon its publication in 1927.
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It remains a tartly satiric, and dependence jangling, reminder that the cardinal doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God. But ...
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When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), a roadside revivalist, ...
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Gantry is an over-the-top opportunistic traveling salesman who teams up with evangelist Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) to promote religion in 1920's ...
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'Elmer Gantry' is a story of hubris and greed but also a metaphor for clawing out of poverty by exploiting one's neighbor's naïveté. On his last spiritual legs, ...
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