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
![Norman Leavitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000251_470803.gif)
Norman Leavitt
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Showdown (1963)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Bert Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256255_85bf54.jpg)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Dale Van Sickel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256253_2fbf62.jpg)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Michael Whalen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/463/158463882_110192.jpg)
Michael Whalen
USA
Best movies:
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Batman and Robin (1949)
Colin Kenny
Ireland
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
![Guy Wilkerson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445223_9c6cc9.jpg)
Guy Wilkerson
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
![Milton Parsons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/556/159556182_4dd248.jpg)
Milton Parsons
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
White Heat (1949)
![David McMahon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/595/159595073_a6cbba.jpg)
David McMahon
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Larry J. Blake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888689_a6f1e3.jpg)
Larry J. Blake
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Band of Angels (1957)
High Noon (1952)
![Charles Horvath](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/933/159933897_aa8154.jpg)
Charles Horvath
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Spartacus (1960)
![Dayton Lummis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/936/159936051_7e8eae.jpg)
Dayton Lummis
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
![Sol Gorss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/951/159951884_06170d.jpg)
Sol Gorss
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Spartacus (1960)
![Jack Perry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/420/160420274_7af53f.jpg)
Jack Perry
Italy
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![George Cisar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/420/160420285_26cd6b.jpg)
George Cisar
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
![Dan Riss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/438/160438330_e3cde1.jpg)
Dan Riss
USA
Best movies:
Only the Valiant (1951)
The Enforcer (1951)
Human Desire (1954)
![Rex Ingram](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/605/160605941_414618.jpg)
Rex Ingram
USA
Best movies:
The Talk of the Town (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Sahara (1943)
Ken Terrell
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Harry Antrim
USA
Best movies:
Teacher's Pet (1958)
The Heiress (1949)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
![Charles Morton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935006_2a2b98.jpg)
Charles Morton
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Invisible Man (1933)
4 Devils (1928)