Elmer Gantry

E270213
American drama film film

Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film, based on Sinclair Lewis’s novel, about a charismatic but morally conflicted salesman-turned-evangelist.

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Elmer Gantry canonical 5
Elmer Gantry (1960 film) 2
Elmer Gantry (character) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
aspectOfPlot moral conflict ⓘ
religious revivalism ⓘ
salesman-turned-evangelist ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
basedOn Elmer Gantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elmer Gantry (novel)
basedOnWorkPublicationYear 1927 ⓘ
characterCreatedBy Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
cinematographyBy John Alton ⓘ
John F. Seitz ⓘ
colorProcess Eastmancolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Richard Brooks ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Marjorie Fowler ⓘ
filmingTechnique live action ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
religious drama film ⓘ
hasTheme corruption ⓘ
evangelism ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
leadCharacter Elmer Gantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elmer Gantry (character)
mpaaRating Approved ⓘ
musicBy André Previn ⓘ
narrativeLocation Midwestern United States ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Bernard Smith ⓘ
productionCompany Elmer Gantry Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1960-07-07 ⓘ
releaseYear 1960 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 146 ⓘ
screenwriter Richard Brooks ⓘ
setInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
setInPeriod 1920s ⓘ
starring Arthur Kennedy ⓘ
Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Jean Simmons ⓘ
Patti Page ⓘ
Shirley Jones ⓘ

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Shirley Jones (in some stage productions) → notableWork → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
subject surface form: Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones (in some stage productions) → performedIn → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
subject surface form: Shirley Jones
this entity surface form: Elmer Gantry (film)
Shirley Jones → notableWork → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elmer Gantry (1960 film)
Shirley Jones → awardReceivedFor → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elmer Gantry (1960 film)
Burt Lancaster → notableWork → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
Burt → notableWork → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
subject surface form: Burt Lancaster
Jean Simmons → notableWork → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
Sinclair Lewis → notableWork → Elmer Gantry ⓘ
Elmer Gantry → basedOn → Elmer Gantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elmer Gantry (novel)
Elmer Gantry → leadCharacter → Elmer Gantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elmer Gantry (character)