Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

1963
1h 34m
7.2

7.2/10

218 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama

"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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Status: Released

Budget: $247,000

Revenue: $7,000,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Rainbow Productions United Artists
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
German English Spanish

Keywords

based on novel or book nun arizona homelessness farm life chapel religion racism desert mother superior theme song ruins construction worker bonding african american man religious community humanitarian work bold dignified amen east german refugees frugality circuit priest desert store

Quick Facts

Release Date June 4, 1963
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0057251

Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier

Homer Smith

Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala

Mother Maria

Lisa Mann
Lisa Mann

Sister Gertrude

Isa Crino
Isa Crino

Sister Agnes

Francesca Jarvis
Francesca Jarvis

Sister Albertine

Pamela Branch
Pamela Branch

Sister Elizabeth

Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams

Juan Acolito

Dan Frazer
Dan Frazer

Father Murphy

Bobby Driscoll
Bobby Driscoll

Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson

Mr. Ashton (uncredited)

Jester Hairston
Jester Hairston

Homer Smith (singing voice) (uncredited)

Key Crew

Ralph Nelson
Director
James Poe
Screenplay
Ralph Nelson
Producer