Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry Soundtrack

Brothers and sisters, can we get a witness for this woeful tale of saints and sinners? Burt Lancaster earned his only Oscar as the wide-smiling, glad-handing, soul-saving charlatan Elmer Gantry, a salesman who turns his gift for preaching into a career at the pulpit. Climbing on board the barnstorming evangelical tour of revivalist Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), a true believer in the Aimee Semple McPherson mold, Gantry declaims, invokes, and sermonizes his way to the top until a former flame-turned-prostitute (Shirley Jones in an Oscar-winning performance) threatens to reveal his dark past as a womanizer and con man. Lancaster harnesses all his physical vigor and natural charisma for this role, literally throwing himself into his preaching with the vigor of an acrobat and the sing-song delivery of a gospel singer--he even brays like a hound to show the Holy Spirit within him. Gantry is a showman, pure and simple, and while he doesn't fool true-believer Sister Sharon, he gives her a few object lessons in playing the crowd. Director Richard Brooks, who also took home an Oscar for his screenplay (adapted from the Sinclair Lewis novel), creates a rousing drama both on and off the pulpit, and provides fine roles for an excellent supporting cast, including Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, John McIntire, and singer Patti Page. --Sean Axmaker

Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
Unrated
Year:
1960
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#SongDuration
1Main Title1:45
2Long Distance1:37
3Lulu2:49
4Do You Believe1:55
5Shall We Gather At The River1:43
6Kiss Me Goodbye4:06
7Stand Up For Jesus1:16
8Onward Christian Soldier1:25
9On My Way5:19
10Do You Believe? 
11End Title 
12I'm On My Way 
13Onward Christian Soldiers 

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