Released
Elmer Gantry
July 7 1960 (over 64 years ago)Rating
73
Based on
174 reviews
If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Writer: Richard Brooks
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 26 m
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Box office: $10,400,000
- Country: United States of America
- Company: United Artists
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.
