Directed by:
Richard BrooksScreenplay:
Richard BrooksCinematography:
John AltonComposer:
André PrevinCast:
Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, John McIntire, Edward Andrews, Hugh Marlowe, Philip Ober, Barry Kelley, Max Showalter (more)Plots(1)
Burt Lancaster stars as Elmer Gantry, a streetwise, fast-talking traveling salesman working the road in the 1920s in this adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel. Always on the lookout for the next moneymaking scheme, Elmer attracts the attention of a group of traveling evangelists, charming their leader, the saintly Sister Susan Falconer. Elmer becomes her smooth-talking preaching sidekick, plagiarizing speeches to promote himself above all else as he successfully exploits the folks of America's Corn Belt. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Burt Lancaster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384699_2ca976.png)
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
![Jean Simmons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/441/164441547_a22086.jpg)
Jean Simmons
UK
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
Hamlet (1948)
Spartacus (1960)
![Arthur Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/471/471105_5c3dfb.jpg)
Arthur Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Window (1949)
![Dean Jagger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361457_1c37a3.jpg)
Dean Jagger
USA
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Vanishing Point (1971)
![Shirley Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384738_632c0b.jpg)
Shirley Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Bedtime Story (1964)
Gideon (1998)
![John McIntire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871856_0a0c4d.jpg)
John McIntire
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Westward the Women (1951)
Winchester '73 (1950)
![Edward Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948881_bc8707.jpg)
Edward Andrews
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Avanti! (1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Hugh Marlowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262604_cd893e.jpg)
Hugh Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
![Philip Ober](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247404_081cf8.jpg)
Philip Ober
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
![Barry Kelley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262615_18eeb2.jpg)
Barry Kelley
USA
Best movies:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Carrie (1952)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
![Max Showalter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/087/189/87189950_1792eb.jpg)
Max Showalter
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
![Ed Nelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120180_76a3bc.jpg)
Ed Nelson
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Midway (1976)
Soldier in the Rain (1963)
Ralph Dumke
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
![BarBara Luna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948796_75c3ad.jpg)
BarBara Luna
USA
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV movie)
![Jean Willes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247442_4cdb4c.jpg)
Jean Willes
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
![Patti Page](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831459_29898d.jpg)
Patti Page
USA
Best movies:
Elmer Gantry (1960)
![John Qualen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792766_12ea22.jpg)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Ray Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111739_439ddc.jpg)
Ray Walker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
![William H. O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000169_7ce976.jpg)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Graduate (1967)
![Peter Brocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883000_972dce.jpg)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)