Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

Comedy · 1963 · 1h 34m

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7.2/10 · TMDB

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

Overview

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

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Cast & crew

Sidney PoitierHomer Smith
Lilia SkalaMother Maria
Lisa MannSister Gertrude
Isa CrinoSister Agnes
Francesca JarvisSister Albertine
Pamela BranchSister Elizabeth
Stanley AdamsJuan Acolito
Dan FrazerFather Murphy
Bobby DriscollMexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph NelsonMr. Ashton (uncredited)
Jester HairstonHomer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)

Information

Release date
4 June 1963
Director
Ralph Nelson
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Runtime
1h 34m
Country of origin
United States

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