Elmer Gantry (1960)

Directed by

Richard Brooks

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 200 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A con man teams up with an evangelist sister to run revival shows across the Midwest. They exploit trusting locals for money and power.

fast-pacedcynicalmanipulativedramaticexplosivemorally complexsatiricalintense

What happens

Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American psychological drama film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, and Patti Page. An adaptation of the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis, it focuses on a charismatic con man who, along with an itinerant evangelist sister, stages revival sermons throughout the Midwestern United States, taking advantage of unknowing locals. Elmer Gantry was nominated for five Academy Awards in 1961, including Best Picture and Best Score. It won Best Actor for Lancaster, Best Supporting Actress for Jones and Best Adapted Screenplay. Jean Simmons was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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