
The Miracle Woman(1931)
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?


“If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …”
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.

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
Elmer Gantry is a drama film released in 1960 exploring themes of based on novel or book, con man, fraud, kansas, usa, religion, preacher. Directed by Richard Brooks, it stars Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy. A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
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