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Film · Drama, Comedy

Lilies of the Field (1963)

★ 7.2 · 237 votesIMDb★ 7.5 · 15,710 votes1 h 34 minDrama, Comedy1963

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

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.

Director
Ralph Nelson
Writers
James Poe, William E. Barrett
Country
United States
Language
English
Release date
June 4, 1963

Lilies of the Field was released on June 4, 1963. Where to watch in United States: Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads (subscription).

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Lilies of the Field cast

  • 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)
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