In which Elmer Gantry departs the stifling familiarity of Babylon and tumbles headlong into the raucous life of Monarch, where he mingles with lively salesmen and contends with his own temptations and ambitions. In a swirl of camaraderie and farce, his clerical aspirations falter, leaving him to reconsider his path amid the boisterous hum of a modern city’s vices and virtues.