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elleng

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 01:01 AM Aug 2025

TCM now Elmer Gantry

1:00 AM Elmer Gantry (1960) A young drifter finds success as a traveling preacher until his past catches up with him. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones
Runtime: 146 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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TCM now Elmer Gantry (Original Post) elleng Aug 2025 OP
Lancaster received Best Actor Oscar. Well deserved. oasis Aug 2025 #1
The film merges two of Sinclair Lewis' novels (Elmer Gantry and Babbitt) no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #2

no_hypocrisy

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2. The film merges two of Sinclair Lewis' novels (Elmer Gantry and Babbitt)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 08:06 AM
Aug 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(novel)

The film/novels was/were prescient. We're watching it on a daily basis with TSF and MAGA.

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