CinemaOSMovie · 1963 · 1h 34m · NR
Lilies of the Field

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

72%(235)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Directed byRalph Nelson

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 34m
Language
EN
Released
June 4, 1963
Budget
$247,000
Revenue
$7,000,000
Studios
United ArtistsRainbow Productions

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

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

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

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)

Creative team
Directed by
Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson
Written by
James Poe
James Poe
Produced by
Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson

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