Elmer Gantry (1960)
| Release Date | 29 June 1960 |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
| Tagline | The screen has never known a man like ELMER GANTRY |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Religious Drama |
| Themes | Cons and Scams, Members of the Clergy, Religious Zealotry |
| Tones | Stirring, Wry, Cynical, Humorous, Literate, Talky, Witty |
| Tags | Con/scam, Corruption, Deception, Evangelist, Exploitation, Extramarital Affair, Journalist, Prostitute/prostitution, Salesperson, Star |
Elmer Gantry is a 1960 drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis and stars Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Joe Maross
Pete
Barry Kelley
Police Capt. Holt
Wendell Holmes
Rev. Ulrich
Dayton Lummis
Mr. Eddington, newspaper publisher
Harry Antrim
Man in saloon
Peter Brocco
Benny
Budd Buster
Valet
Ralph Dumke
Friend
Everett Glass
Rev. Brown
Sol Gorss
Hobo in boxcar
Mary Adams Hayes
Salvation Army worker
Charles Horvath
Hobo in boxcar
Colin Kenny
Extra at revival meeting
Mike Lally
Radio station official
Norman Leavitt
Friend
Robert P. Lieb
Police captain
John McKee
Photographer, Reporter
David McMahon
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Ed Nelson
Man on phone at Sister Sharon headquarters
William H. O'Brien
Train conductor
Milton Parsons
Revivalist
Charles Perry
Man at revival meeting
Dan Riss
Radio announcer
Marjorie Stapp
Lady in red on Christmas Eve
Bert Stevens
Choir member
Jack Stoney
Revival tent roustabout
Ken Terrell
Blind man
Dale Van Sickel
Egg thrower
Ray Walker
Friend
Guy Wilkerson
Clean-up man
Director
Producer
Bernard Smith
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Editor
Marjorie Fowler
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Art Director
Edward Carrere
Set Decorator
William F. Calvert
Frank Tuttle
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Costume Designer
Dorothy Jeakins
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Makeup Department
Harry Maret
makeup artist
Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist
Joan St. Oegger
hair stylist
Production Manager
Gilbert Kurland
executive production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Shaw
assistant director
Robert Webb
second assistant director
Sound Department
Fred J. Brown
sound effects editor
Harry D. Mills
sound
Stunts
Bob Herron
stunts
Charles Horvath
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Richard H. Kline
camera operator
Editorial Department
Leonard Doss
color consultant
Music Department
Ken Darby
associate music supervisor
Kenyon Hopkins
conductor
Production Company
Elmer Gantry Productions
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Distributor
United Artists
United Artists
United Artists
CBS Television
MGM Home Entertainment
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Miscellaneous
Solters & Digney
publicity
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