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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|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

English, 

Español, 

Deutsch 


Budget$247,000
Revenue $7,000,000
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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
circuit priest
desert store

Casts

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
Bobby Driscoll
Bobby Driscoll
Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson
Mr. Ashton (uncredited)

Crews

Jester Hairston
Music Arranger
William E. Barrett
Novel
Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson
Director
James Poe
James Poe
Screenplay
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
John W. McCafferty
Editor
Ernest Haller
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Ralph Nelson
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

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