Academy Award Winning Movies of the 1960s
See also: Titles - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
1960
Screenplay based on material from another medium
Summary: A salesman, Elmer Gantry, teams up with evangelist, Sister Sharon Falconer, to sell religion in America. They make enough money to build a temple. Sister Sharon falls in love with Elemer, but Elmer, however has never been a 'one woman man.'
Director: Richard Brooks
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Produced by: United Artist
Written by: Richard Brooks and Sinclair Lewis
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Screenplay written directly for the screen
Summary: Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. To climb the corporate ladder he lends out his apartment t the executives as a place to take their mistresses. He oftern has to deal with the adtermath of their visits and one night he is left with a major problem to solve.
Director: Bill Wilder
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Produced by: United Artist/Mirisch Company
Written by: I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder
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