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Elmer Gantry (1960)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama
Release Date:January 1, 1960
Running time:146 minutes
Cast:Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones
Director:Richard Brooks
Writer:Sinclair Lewis

Description: A travelling con-man preacher, who's often drunk and chasing skirts, hooks up with a serious Evangelist. He joins her entourage and her drive to build a seaside temple, but his playboy ways come back to haunt him, subsequently ruining the Evangelist's reputation.

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