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A double-feature of drama, crime and convicts! Featuring: Elmer Gantry and Birdman of Alcatraz.

Elmer Gantry (1960, Not Rated, 147 minutes): Traveling Salesman Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) stumbles into a revival meeting and discovers that he can hustle money in a tent-show as easily as in a saloon with Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons). He delivers demon-bashing oratories when old flame (Shirley Jones) re-appears and Gantry is forced to confront demons of a more worldly order.

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962, Not Rated, 149 minutes): How does bitter convict Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) cope with a lifetime of solitary confinement? The answer, in a sense, comes from above in the form of a feeble sparrow he finds in the isolation yard.