Elmer Gantry

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

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Ratings & Reviews

7.3/10

194 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 3 wins•📋 2 nominations

Won

Best Actor

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Best Supporting Actress

Nominated

Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Best Picture

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$3.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$10.4M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$7.4M

ROI: +247%

Budget Recovery347% of budget

$0|Budget: $3.0M|Revenue: $10.4M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

23.8K

Daily Avg

396

7-Day Trend

-6%

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Wikipedia

Based On

Elmer Gantry

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Santa Monica

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1 Location Found

Story Setting

Set In

Kansas

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

John Alton

Film Editing

Marjorie Fowler

Music / Score

André Previn

Production Companies

United Artists

Distributors

NetflixUnited Artists

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Elmer Gantry

Available in 73 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaNR	Amazon Prime Video, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Amazon Channel	Plex, Plex Channel	—	—
United Kingdom	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Sky Store	Sky Store
Canada	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	Tubi TV	—	Google Play Movies, YouTube
Australia	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	—	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR

Germany16

Production

Director

Richard Brooks

Writers

Richard Brooks, Sinclair Lewis

Production Companies

United Artists

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Elmer Gantry

Jean Simmons

Sister Sharon Falconer

Arthur Kennedy

Jim Lefferts

Dean Jagger

William L. Morgan

Shirley Jones

Lulu Bains

Patti Page

Sister Rachel

Edward Andrews

George F. Babbitt

John McIntire

Rev. John Pengilly

Hugh Marlowe

Rev. Philip Garrison

Joe Maross

Pete

Philip Ober

Reverend Planck

Barry Kelley

Police Captain Holt

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or bookcon manfraudkansas, usareligionpreacherreligious hypocrisytraveling salesmanevangelistrevivalismrevival meeting

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