---
title: 'Elmer Gantry (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Brooks'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/elmer-gantry-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053793/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Elmer Gantry (1960)

1960 · 140 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American psychological drama film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, and Patti Page. An adaptation of the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis, it focuses on a charismatic con man who, along with an itinerant evangelist sister, stages revival sermons throughout the Midwestern United States, taking advantage of unknowing locals.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks), [Sinclair Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sinclair-lewis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [André Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-previn)
- **Producer:** [Bernard Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-smith)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Alton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alton)
- **Editor:** [Marjorie Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-fowler)

## Cast

- [Dean Jagger](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-jagger)
- [Barry Kelley](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-kelley)
- [Jean Willes](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-willes)
- [John Qualen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-qualen)
- [BarBara Luna](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-luna)
- [Jean Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-simmons)
- [Shirley Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-jones)
- [Harry Antrim](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-antrim)
- [Max Showalter](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-showalter)
- [Rex Ingram](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-ingram)
- [Larry J. Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-j-blake)
- [Edward Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-andrews)
- [Hugh Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-marlowe)
- [Joe Maross](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-maross)
- [Dayton Lummis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dayton-lummis)

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