MOVIE · 1960
Elmer Gantry
Drama146 min
A fast-talking drifter drifts into the world of revival preaching and sees a chance to turn faith into a business. Teaming up with a determined evangelist, he helps build a traveling campaign that packs tents and stirs small-town crowds across America. As the sermons grow louder and the money grows easier, their partnership tightens into a struggle over who controls the message and what either of them truly believes. Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons lead a story about showmanship, appetite, and the way charisma can move a congregation just as surely as conviction.
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