Elmer Gantry

Ne'er-do-well Gantry (Burt Lancaster) surprises pals in a speakeasy with his ready religious fervor in the opening scene from Elmer Gantry, 1960, Richard Brooks' film from the Sinclair Lewis novel.

Gantry (Burt Lancaster) drops into the revival tent for his first experience of the phenomenal Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) in Elmer Gantry, 1960, from the Sinclair Lewis novel.

Lulu Baines (Shirley Jones, in her Academy Award winning role) is introduced as her colleagues at the bordello read a newspaper account of the exploits of the title character in Elmer Gantry, 1960, from the Sinclair Lewis novel.