Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry (1960)

1960-07-07 · 146 min · Rating 7.30/10 (195 votes)

If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …

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.

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