Elmer Gantry
A travelling con-man preacher, who's often drunk and chasing skirts, hooks up with a serious Evangelist.
He joins her entourage and her drive to build a seaside temple, but his playboy ways come back to haunt him, subsequently ruining the Evangelist's reputation.
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Cast
Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
Jean Simmons - Sister Sharon Falconer
Dean Jagger - William L Morgan
Arthur Kennedy - Jim Lefferts
Shirley Jones - Lulu Bains
Patti Page - Sister Rachel
Edward Andrews - George Babbitt
John McIntire - Reverend Pengilly
Joe Maross - Pete
Production Co.
United Artists Pictures Inc.
Produced by
Bernard Smith
Studio
United Artists Pictures
Writer
Richard Brooks
Sinclair Lewis
Music
Andre Previn
