In more recent years, director Richard Pearce""sLeap of Faith (1992), starring Steve Martin and Debra Winger, has been compared to Elmer Gantry""s plot-line.[She isn""t who she appears to be, but actually is an imposter named Ida Sessions who has been hired to discredit Mr.I see this errible thing in your eyes, Judah Ben-Hur.But no matter what his man has done to you, you have no right to take his life.He will be punished inevitably.Judah: I don""t believe in miracles.Balthazar: Your whole life is a miracle.Why will you not accept God""s judgment? You do not believe in miracles, yet God once spoke o me out of the darkness, and a star led me to a village called Bethlehem where I found a newborn child in a manger.It""s made of wax!" Mrs.Hardy points out: "Oh, so that""s where it""s been going.That""s the third apple I""ve missed this week."Knowing that his own wife may refuse his trip to the convention, Stan brings up the subject in front of Mrs.As he begins eating a scoop of oatmeal on his metal tray, Andy picks out a squirming white maggot with his fingers.