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Lilies of the Field
1963 7.2 (192 votes) 1h 34m
Genres
Comedy Drama
Production Companies
Rainbow Productions
United Artists

Lilies of the Field

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.

Key Crew

Director: Ralph Nelson

Screenplay: James Poe

Director of Photography: Ernest Haller

Producer: Ralph Nelson

Top Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier

Homer Smith

Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala

Mother Maria

Lisa Mann
Lisa Mann

Sister Gertrude

Isa Crino

Sister Agnes

Francesca Jarvis
Francesca Jarvis

Sister Albertine

Pamela Branch

Sister Elizabeth

Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams

Juan Acolito

Dan Frazer
Dan Frazer

Father Murphy

Videos

Lilies of the Field (1963) Original Trailer [FHD]

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