Not at all what I expected! A rousing tale of revivalists, their beliefs and their struggles. A slick ladies-man con-man who becomes a revivalist preacher, at first just to get close to the head preacher, a beautiful woman (of course), gets conned himself and realizes that he really does love her and wants to reform his ways. Unfortunately, fire and brimstone get in his way, in more ways than one. Burt Lancaster as the preacher is surprising. Maybe because I never knew what a fine actor he was. A knock-out! And he sure can sing. "Glory, glory, hallelujah!"
year: 1960
length: 146 min.
rating: 3.5
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053793/combined
Thursday, February 13, 2003
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