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Elmer Gantry (1960) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 6, 2001
Budget $3,000,000
Running Time
2 hours, 26 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Elmer Gantry Productions
Studio United Artists
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Other Titles
• Elmer Gantry (1960)
• Elmer Gantry - Gott ist im Geschäft (1961)
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Genre: Drama, Religion, Scams And Cons, Prostitution, Blackmail, Urban, Christmas, Infidelity, Deception, Exploitation
Tagline: Based on the bold novel by Nobel Prize Winner SINCLAIR LEWIS
Plot: Elmer Gantry is a charming, fast-talking con, working the road as a traveling salesman in the 1920s. Burt Lancaster stars as the elusive Gantry in this charismatic adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel. When Gantry runs across a group of traveling evangelists, he charms their saintly leader, Sister Susan Falconer (Jean Simmons), and becomes her partner, preaching fire and brimstone in the packed revival tents of the hardened Midwest. Gantry's robust style and Falconer's Joan of Arc-like spirit skyrocket the two minstrels to fame and fortune as they travel with their flock waging war on sinners and speakeasies--until they preach in a big city and catch the eye of a tough prostitute (Shirley Jones) who knows that Elmer is not quite as holy as he appears. This biting portrait of the business of religion was highly innovative at the time of its release, casting a slightly tarnished light on the hustle and theatrics of traveling ministries, while analyzing the true nature of faith and redemption. Lancaster's performance as the salesman turned preacher is dynamic and highly charismatic, full of energy and robust flair.
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Richard Brooks
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, In Cold Blood, Blackboard Jungle |
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Spartacus, Black Narcissus |
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White Christmas, Bad Day at Black Rock, Twelve O'Clock High | Shirley Jones
Grandma's Boy, The Music Man, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth | Patti Page
Stazione Termini, Boys' Night Out, Patti Page Video Songbook | | |
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| Music By |
André Previn
Bad Day at Black Rock, One, Two, Three, Irma la Douce |
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