Sunday, July 31, 2011

Elmer Gantry (1960)




Starring Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones, Jean Simmons, Patti Page, Dean Jagger, Arthur Kennedy, Edwards Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, and Philip Ober. Directed by Richard Brooks. A drunken and dishonest street preacher wrangles a job with a traveling tent ministry conducted by a female evangelist.

Burt Lancaster won the Best Actor Award and Shirley Jones won the Best Actress Award for their roles in Elmer Gantry at the 1961 Academy Awards presentation.


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