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Lilies of the Field
“Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...”
7.2 / 10• 1963• 1h 34m•NR• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Sidney Poitier
Homer Smith
Lead
Lilia Skala
Mother Maria
Lisa Mann
Sister Gertrude
IC
Isa Crino
Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvis
Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch
Sister Elizabeth
Stanley Adams
Juan Acolito
Dan Frazer
Father Murphy
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ralph Nelson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lilies of the Field is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
