Elmer Gantry (1960) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Richard Brooks.

Cast

• Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry
• Jean Simmons as Sister Sharon Falconer
• Arthur Kennedy as Jim Lefferts
• Dean Jagger as William L. Morgan
• Shirley Jones as Lulu Bains
• Patti Page as Sister Rachel
• Edward Andrews as George F. Babbitt
• John McIntire as Rev. John Pengilly
• Hugh Marlowe as Rev. Philip Garrison
• Joe Maross as Pete
• Philip Ober as Reverend Planck
• Barry Kelley as Police Captain Holt
• Wendell Holmes as Reverend Ulrich
• Dayton Lummis as Eddington
• Colin Kenny as Extra at Revival Meeting
• William H. O'Brien as Train Conductor
• Bert Stevens as Choir Member
• John Qualen as Sam - Storekeeper
• Rex Ingram as Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
• Sally Fraser as Prostitute
• Robert P. Lieb as Lincoln Police Captain
• Larry J. Blake as Mac - Bartender (uncredited)
• Peter Brocco as Benny - Photographer (uncredited)
• George Cisar as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
• Ralph Dumke as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
• Everett Glass as Rev. Brown (uncredited)
• Sol Gorss as Hobo in Boxcar (uncredited)
• Norman Leavitt as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
• Dan Riss as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• Max Showalter as Deaf Man (uncredited)
• Dale Van Sickel as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
• Michael Whalen as Rev. Phillips (uncredited)
• Jean Willes as Prostitute (uncredited)
• Raoul Freeman as Congregation Member (uncredited)
• Harry Antrim as Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
• Phil Bloom as Cornerman (uncredited)
• Paul Bradley as Congregation Member (uncredited)
• Claudia Bryar as Religious woman collecting money in opening scene (uncredited)
• George DeNormand as Congregation Member (uncredited)
• George Ford as Reporter (uncredited)

Crew

• Richard Brooks — Screenplay
• John Alton — Director of Photography
• André Previn — Original Music Composer
• Sinclair Lewis — Novel
• Richard Brooks — Director
• Bernard Smith — Producer

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