
Lilies of the Field (1963)
7.2|4 Jun, 1963|94 min
Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...
7.2|4 Jun, 1963|94 min
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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.
Language
Budget$247,000
Revenue $7,000,000
English,
Español,
Deutsch
Budget$247,000
Revenue $7,000,000
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
circuit priest
desert store
Casts

Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith

Lilia Skala
Mother Maria

Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
Isa Crino
Sister Agnes

Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth

Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito

Dan Frazer
Father Murphy

Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Crews
Jester Hairston
Music Arranger
William E. Barrett
Novel

Ralph Nelson
Director

James Poe
Screenplay

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
John W. McCafferty
Editor

Ernest Haller
Director of Photography

Ralph Nelson
Producer
Robert Eaton
Property Master
Harry R. Sherman
Assistant Director
J. Paul Popkin
Associate Producer
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Wesley Sherrard
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carlton W. Faulkner
Sound Engineer
Joe Popkin
Assistant Director
Larry Hampton
Production Coordinator
Albert Shaff
Music Editor
Del Harris
Sound Effects
Norman C. McClay
Gaffer
Leo McCreary
Key Grip
Backdrops & Posters







