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Elmer Gantry

Richard Brooks
USA
Synopsis
Elmer Gantry, a womanizer, chancer and travelling salesman, joins the entourage of Sharon Falconer, an evangelist of sincere faith. Together they rise to fame as they travel from town to town. Sister Falconer falls in love with Gantry, but a preacher's daughter turned prostitute after Elmer loved and left her tricks him into her room and sends the pictures to Sharon.
Director
Richard Brooks
Screenplay
Richard Brooks
Photography
John Alton
Edition
Marjorie Fowler
Music
André Previn
Cast
Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones
Running Time
146 m.
Country
USA
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