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The Bully at the Pulpit: ‘Elmer Gantry’
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The Bully at the Pulpit: ‘Elmer Gantry’

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Brendan Boyle
/ 14 October 2014
Richard Brooks's adaptation of Elmer Gantry lives and dies on Burt Lancaster's strangest, most unforgettable performance.
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In America, Imagination is a Third Party: The Presidency in Fiction

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/ 4 January 2008

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