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Elmer Gantry
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Handsome. Opportunistic. lmmoraI. TraveIing saIesman EImer Gantry (Burt Lancaster, Run SiIent, Run Deep) is aIl this and more. So when he stumbIes into a revivaI meeting and discovers that he can hustle money in a tent-show as easily as in a saIoon, Gantry converts to evangelism. Joining forces with Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons, Spartacus), he delivers demon-bashing oratories that bring him fame and fortune. But when an old flame (Shirley Jones, TV s The Partridge Family) re-appears, Gantry is forced to confront demons of a more worIdIy order -- long-buried secrets that wilI make his saintIy life a veritable HeIl on Earth! Wonderfully directed by Richard Brooks (ln CoId Blood) and based on the bestselling noveI by SincIair Lewis (Dodsworth). Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Actor (Lancaster), Supporting Actress (Jones) and Adapted Screenplay (Brooks). |
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