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Elmer Gantry (1960)
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Elmer Gantry is a fast talking, hard drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike... See full summary » Director:Richard Brooks |
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Won 3 Oscars.
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Jim Lefferts
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William L. Morgan
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Sister Rachel
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Edward Andrews | ... |
George F. Babbitt
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Rev. John Pengilly
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Rev. Philip Garrison
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Joe Maross | ... |
Pete
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Rev. Planck
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Barry Kelley | ... |
Police Capt. Holt
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Wendell Holmes | ... |
Rev. Ulrich
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Dayton Lummis | ... |
Eddington
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Storyline
Elmer Gantry is a fast talking, hard drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire and damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following. Gantry uses his own quick wit and knowledge of the bible to become an indispensable part of Sister Sharon's roadshow but soon finds that his past catches up with him in the form of Lulu Bains, now a prostitute. While Gantry seeks and eventually gets forgiveness from Sharon, tragedy strikes when she finally manages to get out of her revivalist tent and opens a permanent church. Written by garykmcd
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From the book that shook a nation with its sledgehammer theme... From a Nobel Prize-winning author... comes the raging story of the man who used the Holy Bible- and broke every rule in it! See more »Genres:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Elmer Gantry, le charlatan See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia Pictures Ranch - 411 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.66 : 1
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(1865) (uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan (1871)
Words by Sabine Baring-Gould
Sung at the Zenith revival meeting
Jazzy version played on a trumpet
Reprised later in a church See more »
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Because of the success of the novel, it was adapted by Patrick Kearney into a play, which opened in New York City on 7 August 1928 and closed in September 1928 after 48 performances. The title role was played by Edward Pawley and Sharon Falconer was played by Vera Allen. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When Elmer enters Lulu's hotel room, you can clearly see the trip wire that is going to pull the vase off the mantlepiece and scare the cat. See more »Soundtracks
"Onward Christian Soldiers"(1865) (uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan (1871)
Words by Sabine Baring-Gould
Sung at the Zenith revival meeting
Jazzy version played on a trumpet
Reprised later in a church See more »
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