NR · 146 min
Elmer Gantry
Directed by Richard Brooks
Starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons
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...
Release
Jul 7, 1960
Budget
$3M
Breakeven
$7.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$10,400,000
Profit
$2,900,000
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.
Release
Jul 7, 1960
Budget
$3M
Breakeven
$7.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$10,400,000
Profit
$2,900,000
NR · 146 min