Elmer Gantry is a fast-talking, hard-drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire-and-damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following. Gantry uses his own quick wit and Bible knowledge to become an indispensable part of Sister Sharon's roadshow, but his past soon catches up with him in the form of Lulu Bains, now a pro... (Full plot summary below)
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Elmer Gantry is a fast-talking, hard-drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire-and-damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following. Gantry uses his own quick wit and Bible knowledge to become an indispensable part of Sister Sharon's roadshow, but his past soon catches up with him in the form of Lulu Bains, now a prostitute. While Gantry seeks and eventually gets forgiveness from Sharon, tragedy strikes when she finally manages to get out of her revivalist tent and opens a permanent church.
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| Time OutGeoff AndrewWith a host of fine performances, and a strong sense of period and place conveyed by John Alton's lush camerawork, there's still plenty to enjoy. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullHighly recommended for fans of Lancaster or Jean Simmons, who plays the earnest young preacher who gets caught up in Gantry's web. |
| Slant MagazineDan JardineThe film pulls few punches in its story of the hypocrisy, materialism, and opportunism at the heart of the evangelical world of Bible-thumping barnstorming revival troupes |
| New York TimesA.H. WeilerThe briskly paced drama of a religious opportunist, his colleagues and his times utilizes the tools of the motion picture in expert fashion. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumBrooks was the ultimate vulgarizer of serious literature. |
| VarietyVariety StaffBrooks honors the spirit of Lewis' cynical commentary on circus-type primitive exhortation with pictorial imagery that is always pungent. He also has written dialog that is frank and biting. |
| Cinema SightWesley LovellIf not for the amazing performance of Burt Lancaster, the film would collapse under its own self-righteousness. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenLancaster and Simmons are scorching as the con artist and the evangelist who join forces in the 1920s Midwest. |
| The SpectatorIsabel QuiglyThe whole thing bristles with rather superficial symbolism and even Jean Simmons's radiant, and in this case hearty, charm as an Aimee Macpherson figure. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzGreatly enhanced by the spirited Oscar performance by Burt Lancaster. |
