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Elmer Gantry

1960·2h 26m·Approved
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 7.7/10
14,534 votes

A charming con man joins an itinerant evangelical sister who travels the American Midwest taking advantage of gullible locals in the 1920s.

Elmer Gantry is a 1960 drama movie directed by Richard Brooks, starring Jean Simmons, Burt Lancaster, Dean Jagger. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 14,534 votes and runs 2h 26m.

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Director
Richard Brooks
Stars
Jean Simmons
Burt Lancaster
Dean Jagger
Arthur Kennedy
Details
1960-08-26
146 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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