Elmer Gantry

(1960)

Drama

146 minutes

Directed by Richard Brooks

Cast:

Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry

Jean Simmons as Sharon Falconer

Arthur Kennedy as Jim Lefferts

Dean Jagger as William L. Morgan

Shirley Jones as Lulu Bains

Patti Page as Sister Rachel

Edward Andrews as George F. Babbitt

John McIntire as Rev. John Pengilly

Hugh Marlowe as Rev. Philip Garrison

Joe Maross as Pete

Dayton Lummis as Eddington

Harry Antrim as Salesman

Barbara Luna as Prostitute

Elmer Gantry is a traveling salesman who lives a fast lifestyle of drinking and always has a story to tell everyone.  His life changes when Sister Sharon Falconer enters his life.  He becomes part of her road show , but his past crawls back when Lulu Bains, a prostitute, appears.  Sharon forgives Gantry for his sins, but more problems come their way. 

Elmer Gantry - Trailer