Drama
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Sol Gorss
Hobo in Boxcar (uncredited)
Shirley Jones
Lulu Bains
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Jean Simmons
Sister Sharon Falconer
Edward Andrews
George F. Babbitt
Dean Jagger
William L. Morgan
John McIntire
Rev. John Pengilly
Max Showalter
Deaf Man (uncredited)
Joe Maross
Pete
Barry Kelley
Police Captain Holt
Harry Antrim
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Blind Man (uncredited)
BarBara Luna
Prostitute (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Radio Station Official (uncredited)
Arthur Kennedy
Jim Lefferts
Bob Herron
Hugh Marlowe
Rev. Philip Garrison
Jean Willes
Prostitute (uncredited)
Philip Ober
Reverend Planck
Dayton Lummis
Eddington
Norman Leavitt
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Ralph Dumke
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
John Qualen
Sam - Storekeeper
Rex Ingram
Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Benny - Photographer (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Mac - Bartender (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Train Conductor
Guy Wilkerson
Janitor in Revival Tent (uncredited)
Dan Riss
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Revivalist (uncredited)
Wendell Holmes
Reverend Ulrich
Claudia Bryar
Religious woman collecting money in opening scene (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
George Cisar
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Michael Whalen
Rev. Phillips (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Man Destroying Revival Tent (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Rev. Brown (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Extra at Revival Meeting
Patti Page
Sister Rachel
Sally Fraser
Prostitute
Bert Stevens
Choir Member
Robert P. Lieb
Lincoln Police Captain
Raoul Freeman
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
Cornerman (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Congregation Member (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Congregation Member (uncredited)
George Ford
Reporter (uncredited)
Johnny Kern
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
William Meader
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
Revival Tent Roustabout (uncredited)
Guy Way
Man at Fire (uncredited)
Ken Darby

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