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Elmer Gantry

Name: Elmer Gantry
Director: Richard Brooks
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-07-07
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones

Drama

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.

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Cast

Burt LancasterJean SimmonsArthur KennedyDean JaggerShirley JonesPatti PageEdward AndrewsJohn McIntireHugh MarloweJoe MarossPhilip OberBarry Kelley

Director

Richard Brooks

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