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
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Jean Simmons
Sister Sharon Falconer
Shirley Jones
Lulu Bains
John McIntire
Rev. John Pengilly
William H. O'Brien
Train Conductor
BarBara Luna
Prostitute (uncredited)
Max Showalter
Deaf Man (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Radio Station Official (uncredited)
Dean Jagger
William L. Morgan
Arthur Kennedy
Jim Lefferts
Jean Willes
Prostitute (uncredited)
John Qualen
Sam - Storekeeper
Philip Ober
Reverend Planck
Larry J. Blake
Mac - Bartender (uncredited)
Edward Andrews
George F. Babbitt
Barry Kelley
Police Captain Holt
Joe Maross
Pete
Norman Leavitt
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Choir Member
Hugh Marlowe
Rev. Philip Garrison
Ralph Dumke
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Revivalist (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
George Cisar
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Rex Ingram
Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
Dan Riss
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Bob Herron
Dayton Lummis
Eddington
Claudia Bryar
Religious woman collecting money in opening scene (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Benny - Photographer (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Michael Whalen
Rev. Phillips (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Blind Man (uncredited)
Wendell Holmes
Reverend Ulrich
Everett Glass
Rev. Brown (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Extra at Revival Meeting
Guy Wilkerson
Janitor in Revival Tent (uncredited)
Sally Fraser
Prostitute
Charles Morton
Man Destroying Revival Tent (uncredited)
Patti Page
Sister Rachel
Robert P. Lieb
Lincoln Police Captain
Sol Gorss
Hobo in Boxcar (uncredited)
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)
Charles Horvath
Ken Darby

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