If there was a dollar to be made—Gantry would make it … If there was a soul to be saved—Gantry would save it …
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.
based on novel or book
con man
fraud
kansas, usa
religion
preacher
religious hypocrisy
traveling salesman
evangelist
revivalism