Elmer Gantry

If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …
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  • Run Time: 2 hours, 26 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 23, 2014
  • Originally Released: 1960
  • Label: KL Studios Classics

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1960 - Best Actor: Burt Lancaster
Academy Awards 1960 - Best Adapted Screenplay: Richard Brooks
Academy Awards 1960 - Best Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones

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User Ratings: 3,384
Alas! I found it crude and cumbersome, vulgar and overblown (a mistake in taste was to do it in color), and a perfect example of that having-it-both-ways irreality. Full Review
Esquire Magazine
Jul 30, 2019
The title-role character, a preacher with a weakness for wild women and whisky, is more believable in scriptwriter-director Richard Brooks' film than he was in the Sinclair Lewis novel; the part is played with skill and gusto by Burt Lancaster. Full Review
Maclean's Magazine
Nov 7, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- The briskly paced drama of a religious opportunist, his colleagues and his times utilizes the tools of the motion picture in expert fashion. Full Review
New York Times
May 20, 2003
...It's still unholy fun, perfectly complemented by Andre Previn's devilish, horn-and-hymn-mixing score...
Total Film
Oct 1, 2000
Rating: 3/4 -- If not for the amazing performance of Burt Lancaster, the film would collapse under its own self-righteousness. Full Review
Cinema Sight
Aug 15, 2011
Brooks honors the spirit of Lewis' cynical commentary on circus-type primitive exhortation with pictorial imagery that is always pungent. He also has written dialog that is frank and biting. Full Review
Variety
Apr 8, 2008
Rating: B- -- Greatly enhanced by the spirited Oscar performance by Burt Lancaster. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Jul 4, 2011

Product Description:

Elmer Gantry is a charming, fast-talking con, working the road as a traveling salesman in the 1920s. Burt Lancaster stars as the elusive Gantry in this charismatic adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel. When Gantry runs across a group of traveling evangelists, he charms their saintly leader, Sister Susan Falconer (Jean Simmons), and becomes her partner, preaching fire and brimstone in the packed revival tents of the hardened Midwest. Gantry's robust style and Falconer's Joan of Arc-like spirit skyrocket the two minstrels to fame and fortune as they travel with their flock waging war on sinners and speakeasies--until they preach in a big city and catch the eye of a tough prostitute (Shirley Jones) who knows that Elmer is not quite as holy as he appears. This biting portrait of the business of religion was highly innovative at the time of its release, casting a slightly tarnished light on the hustle and theatrics of traveling ministries, while analyzing the true nature of faith and redemption. Lancaster's performance as the salesman turned preacher is dynamic and highly charismatic, full of energy and robust flair.

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  • Sales Rank: 23,593
  • UPC: 738329139520
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