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Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
:45:29
..the most disgusting display
of bad taste in my experience.
:45:32
A human barking dog.
A monkey in the pulpit.
:45:36
It's preposterous.
That's why it can't go on.
:45:39
And it's obvious to everyone - even
dangerous. Especially before Jim Lefferts.
:45:44
And our newspaper friend...
He's about as friendly as a rattlesnake.
:45:48
- Then you think it's wrong.
- Not wrong. Ridiculous.
:45:51
One minute you're preaching
a happy, perfumed heaven,
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the next, Gantry's damning everyone
to a scalding, stinking hell.
:45:58
- I'd say we make a pretty good team.
- Yes.
:46:01
Yes, like two cops
working over a criminal.
:46:04
Gantry scares him with the electric chair,
you save him if he confesses.
:46:09
The point is, our sinner does confess,
and he is saved.
:46:14
- But it was ridiculous.
- Does the method really matter?
:46:20
Who is this, uh, this Elmer Gantry?
And what do you really know about him?
:46:26
His background, his reputation?
:46:28
What does he want?
Money? My job? You? What?
:46:32
- Bill...
- In 1917, Mr Gantry
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was expelled from
a theological seminary in Kansas
:46:38
for seducing
the deacon's daughter in the church
:46:41
where he had that day
delivered a Christmas sermon.
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And there's more. Do you wanna hear it?
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Ta-da!
:46:51
Ladies and gentlemen,
you see before you a magic carpet.
:46:54
A heavenly summons.
A ticket to the big time. Listen to this.
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"Would you consider meeting with
the church committee and myself