Elmer Gantry - Gott ist im Geschäft

Originaltitel: Elmer Gantry

1960
16
2 Std. 26 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,7/10

13.339

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, and Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry - Gott ist im Geschäft (1960)

Trailer for this epic tale of an all American boy

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Ein schnell sprechender Handelsvertreter mit einer charmanten, geschwätzigen Art überzeugt eine aufrichtige Evangelistin, dass er ein effektiver Prediger für ihre Sache sein kann.Ein schnell sprechender Handelsvertreter mit einer charmanten, geschwätzigen Art überzeugt eine aufrichtige Evangelistin, dass er ein effektiver Prediger für ihre Sache sein kann.Ein schnell sprechender Handelsvertreter mit einer charmanten, geschwätzigen Art überzeugt eine aufrichtige Evangelistin, dass er ein effektiver Prediger für ihre Sache sein kann.

Regie
- Richard Brooks
Drehbuch
- Richard Brooks
- Sinclair Lewis
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,7/10

13.339

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Richard Brooks
Drehbuch
- Richard Brooks
- Sinclair Lewis
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

3 Oscars gewonnen
- 11 Gewinne & 14 Nominierungen insgesamt

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When he first learned that Richard Brooks was interested in adapting his novel, Sinclair Lewis told him that he should change it significantly, advising him to read all the criticisms of the book and use them as a way to improve on it.

Patzer
The location where Sister Sharon confronts the police captain and fire chief over erecting her tent is purported to be in Lincoln Nebraska. The opening part of the scene shows mountains in the background. There are no mountains around Lincoln.

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Lulu Bains: Oh, he gave me special instructions back of the pulpit Christmas Eve. He got to howlin' "Repent! Repent!" and I got to moanin' "Save me! Save me!" and the first thing I know he rammed the fear of God into me so fast I never heard my old man's footsteps!

Crazy Credits
Scrolled before the opening credits: "We believe that certain aspects of Revivalism can bear examination- that the conduct of some revivalists makes a mockery of the traditional beliefs and practices of organized Christianity! We believe that everyone has a right to worship according to his conscience, but- Freedom of Religion is not license to abuse the faith of the people! However, due to the highly controversial nature of this film, we strongly urge you to prevent impressionable children from seeing it!"

Verbindungen
Featured in Hollywoods goldene Jahre, Teil 2: Die große Zeit des Tonfilms (1962)

Soundtracks
I'm On My Way to Canaan Land
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Mahalia Jackson
Sung by Patti Page and the audience at a revival meeting
Reprised by her at the end

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9/10

Sin, sin, sin! You're all sinners! You're all doomed to perdition!

Based on the muckraker Sinclair Lewis' novel, and superbly translated to the screen by Richard Brooks (In Cold Blood , The Professionals, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), this story of huckster-ism by religion is a masterpiece.

Burt Lancaster player the greatest role of his career, getting his only Oscar for his performance. Lancaster, so good in such films as From Here to Eternity, Atlantic City, and Seven Days in May, was spellbinding as the salesman for God.

Shirley Jones (The Music Man, "The Patridge Family," was simply delicious as Gantry's first conquest, and now a "five-buck hooker," that he left behind: "Oh, he gave me special instructions back of the pulpit Christmas Eve. He got to howlin' "Repent! Repent!" and I got to moanin' "Save me! Save me!" and the first thing I know he rammed the fear of God into me so fast I never heard my old man's footsteps!" 1960 was a great year for movies, and this was certainly one of the best of that year, and one of the best of all time. If you want to see real acting, this film should be on your "must-see" list.