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Lilies of the Field (1963)

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

7.2/10 1h 34m Jun 04, 1963
Comedy Drama

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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Movie Details

Original Title Lilies of the Field
Original Language EN
Budget $247,000
Revenue $7,000,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.9

Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith
Popularity: 0.5
Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala
Mother Maria
Popularity: 0.5
Lisa Mann
Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
Popularity: 0.2
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Isa Crino
Sister Agnes
Popularity: 0.1
Francesca Jarvis
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
Popularity: 0.5
Pamela Branch
Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth
Popularity: 0.4
Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito
Popularity: 0.5
Dan Frazer
Dan Frazer
Father Murphy
Popularity: 0.4
Bobby Driscoll
Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.3
Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Popularity: 2.3

Key Crew

Director Ralph Nelson
Screenplay James Poe
Editor John W. McCafferty
Producer Ralph Nelson

Production

Rainbow Productions
US
United Artists
US

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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 amen east german refugees frugality

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
May 24, 2023

This is one of my favourite performances from Sidney Poitier. Normally his characterisations were settled in an environment of racist and/or bigoted undertones. This drama actually has a much lighter, more comedic, touch to it. He is "Homer" a travelling factotum who happens upon five German nuns wh ... Read more

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Details
Release Date June 4, 1963
Runtime 1h 34m
Budget $247,000
Revenue $7,000,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.9
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