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Elmer Gantry is a 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis as well as a 1960 film which tells the story of a con man who teams up with a female evangelist to sell religion to small-town America. The film stars Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, Patti Page, Edward Andrews, and John McIntire.

Adapted by Richard Brooks, who also directed, the movie ends about half-way into Lewis's massive novel. Among the events in the novel not in the film is a later affair between Elmer and the now-married Lulu (played by Jones).

It won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Shirley Jones) and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. It was also nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Picture.

Also, Elmer Gantry is listed as the vocal artist for the song "May Be A Price To Pay" on The Alan Parson Project Album "The Turn Of A Friendly Card" (1980)

Category:1927 books Category:1960 films Category:Christian fundamentalism and evangelicalism Gantry, Elmer Category:Best Picture Oscar Nominee Category:Best Actor Oscar (film) Category:Best Supporting Actress Oscar (film)

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