Elmer Gantry

Year: 1960

Runtime: 146 mins

Language: English

Director: Richard Brooks

DramaFaith and religionReligious faith sin and forgivenessFaith and spiritual journeysShow All…

Gantry, a slick con man, will chase any dollar and promise to save any soul. He joins forces with a charismatic roadside evangelist, forging a business partnership that evolves into a romance as they peddle religion to the eager crowds of 1920s America. The film follows Sinclair Lewis’s novel of the same name.

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